Hip hop legend Jeezy takes 10-hour Uber ride to make it to own concert after transit nightmare

The show must go on… the road.Hip hop legend Jeezy was forced to take a 10-hour Uber ride from South Carolina to Baltimore to make his concert and avoid disappointing his fans after his multiple flights were canceled.Jeezy, whose real name is Jay Wayne Jenkins, was scheduled to perform at The Lyric Baltimore on Aug.

1, but he was running out of options to get to the venue, having just wrapped up his concert in Atlanta days prior.“I woke up to my team informing me that all flights to Baltimore and D.C.

had been canceled,” the rapper revealed in an Instagram post on Aug.4.

“They then told me that my driver was on his way to pick me up, so we could drive to Baltimore for the next stop on the tour.Two hours into our drive, we hit an object on the highway, puncturing the gas tank and causing fuel to leak everywhere.”The “Soul Survivor’s” team then tried to book him a private jet from where the car broke down in South Carolina to Baltimore for his “A Night of Motivation: Celebrating 20 Years of Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101- LIVE” tour.The artist’s team ordered an Uber to take him to the airport as they navigated travel plans.But bad weather grounded the flight and the “Put On” rapper asked the driver, Tanner, how much he’d charge to take them straight to the show, 10 hours away.“Let me think about it,” Tanner replied.“I assured him that whatever it was, he’d have it,” Jeezy shared.

“Like real one, he didn’t hesitate and just kept driving.”The red Ford Explorer pulled up to the venue ten minutes before the 8 p.m.showtime.Tanner said he drove the whole way and they made one stop to fuel up on gas and food.“I told him he made a lot of people happy tonight! Gave him a Snowman Tee and told him he was my guest for the show tonight!” Jeezy shared.The four-time Grammy-nominated rapper brought his “MVP” driver on stage in front of thousands of cheering fans, who gave him a standing ovation.“I can’t make this s–...

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