Bobby Shmurda has finally spoken about his tour being called off just days before it was set to begin.
In a fresh Instagram update posted Tuesday, the hip-hop artist apologized to supporters for the abrupt cancellation of his 2025 Still Alive Tour and declared he’d take “full responsibility.”
“I’m dealing with lawsuits against these guys @philipstengel works at @halotouring @igetgwop that I knew better than to do business with,” Shmurda posted on IG. “let this be a life lesson to all business owners and affiliate. Don’t leave nothing in no one hands don’t matter how much you gotta work. Nobody’s gonna treat your work like it’s you except if you got a top pause, done expert,, but that happens once in a blue moon because you have money does not make you a boss.”
“[A]nyways I apologize again to all of my fans I might have to go through some lawsuits and lawyer fee money a.k.a. The industry most wanted ain’t nothing new I been fighting,” he wrapped up.
Shmurda included screenshots of a heated text conversation with Philip Stengel, a booking agent at Halo Touring, and Sergio Patillo (known as Go Gwop), the founder and CEO of Oakstreet Media. The messages show the three arguing about the show’s marketing and promotion.
“Hey bitch lmk if you need the book mailing address to sue me,” Stengel wrote. “And anytime we can run the fucking fade ain’t no bitch here you ain’t gonna talk to me like you have been.”
“[Tempers] flared and things were said from both sides call it even as men and lets follow through with what we started,” Gwop wrote. “In this business we have moments that aren’t so pretty at times no need to sue or stop any tour because men had a argument it happens.”
Take a look at the remaining screenshots from their conversation.
Stengel refuted the rapper’s claims in his own Instagram post, alleging that the tour’s cancellation was because of poor ticket sales.
“Let’s be clear: the tour was canceled because average ticket sales across markets were 10 per city. That’s not viable under any circumstances-no matter the artist or budget,” Stengel explained.
“Bobby Shmurda chose to publicly vent rather than acknowledge performance metrics. His frustration is understood, but the numbers don’t lie. The problem wasn’t promotion-it was demand. This industry isn’t about emotion; it’s about execution. If 10 people are buying tickets, there’s no show. Period,” he continued. “This post was a distraction. The facts are the facts.”
On his Instagram Story, Stengel posted screenshots apparently showing Shmurda had only sold five tickets total for his Washington D.C. performance, and zero tickets for his shows in Hampton, Virginia and Denver, Colorado.
The scrapped tour was set to visit 19 cities, including Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, and Boston, between May 15 and June 19, 2025.
