‘Nuttin But Azz’ basketball tournament is canceled at NJ high school after ‘absolutely horrible’ promo video
- The basketball tournament was scheduled to take place in Newark, NJ
- In a promotional video for the event, women in thongs danced on the field
A basketball tournament featuring scantily clad women at a NJ high school has reportedly been canceled by officials after backlash over an inappropriate promotional video.
The ‘Nuttin But Azz’ tournament was scheduled to take place on July 21 at West Side High School in Newark, NJ, according to a events page.
However, according to NJ.comThe event is canceled after an advertising video surfaced of women dancing on the field in thongs.
School board communications director Nancy J. Deering told the site that “no school or district officials were aware of the video until it was posted to social media.
“This was supposed to be a community basketball event sponsored by Council Member Kelly. “Not a single school or district official approved the activity depicted in the video or knew that an event at one of our schools would include such an activity.”
A promotional video for the basketball tournament showed women dancing in thongs
The video was called “absolutely terrible” by West Ward Councilor Dupré “Doitall” Kelly
The tournament was scheduled to take place on July 21 at West Side High School in Newark, NJ
Additionally, West Ward Councilman Dupré “Doitall” Kelly shared TAPto Newark that the video was “absolutely terrible” and had not been approved by officials.
“As a councilor and as a father, I would never allow this type of content to be filmed in our schools, and I do not agree with it or promote it in any way,” he said.
TMZ published the video promoting the event, which featured women in extremely revealing outfits dancing to music.
Tickets sold for up to $500, and four teams would compete for a $10,000 prize.
The event was organized by music manager Big Fendi, who apologized afterwards
The proposed event was organized by music manager Big Fendi, who is a apology on his Instagram page.
“We were doing an event and then, you know, things got a little out of hand and I took full responsibility for it because you guys had no idea what these girls would wear in this celebrity game,” he said.
“I would like to apologize to the parents and to the students for having affected anyone and everyone involved, and offer my deepest apologies. Hopefully this helps.’