Bobby Shmurda addressed the cancellation of his tour almost a week before it was scheduled to start.
In a new Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the rapper apologized to fans for the sudden cancellation of his 2025 Still Alive Tour and said he would take “full responsibility.”
“I have to go through lawsuits with these guys @philipstengel works at @halotouring @igetgwop that I knew better to do business with,” Shmurda wrote 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 concluded.
Shmurda attached screenshots of a heated text exchange with Philip Stengel, a booking agent with Halo Touring, and Sergio Patillo (a.k.a Go Gwop), the founder and CEO of Oakstreet Media. The thread shows the men arguing about the concert’s marketing and advertising.
“Hey bitch lmk if you need the book mailing address to sue me,” wrote Stengel. “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,” wrote Gwop. “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.”
Check out the remaining screenshots from the exchange.
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.”
Through his Instagram Story, Stengel shared screenshots of what appeared to show Shmurda only having sold five total tickets for his performance in Washington D.C., and zero tickets for his shows in Hampton, Virginia and Denver, Colorado.
The canceled tour had been scheduled to hit 19 cities, including Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Houston, and Boston, between May 15 and June 19, 2025.
