Jay's Collegues Skip Out on A Heavy Tab

Michael Kyser of Atlantic Records and UMG exec Shawn Costner apparently ran out of a bill when entertaining Jay-Z.
“Jay-Z ordered a bottle of Patron Platinum and some expensive champagne, and everything was going great,” M2 man- ager Dan Develin tells Page Six. “The waitress has known him for five years, and he’s a good friend of Joey’s, so we ended up comping a lot of their bill.”
But when the check came for $1,500 (less than a third of the actual tab it got ugly in there
“Kyser and Costner were making a big show of wanting to take Jay-Z out, so they started arguing over who got to pick up the check,” Develin says. “Jay-Z ended up tipping the waitress $500 and going outside to wait.”
Costner’s card was declined so Kyser picked up the entire tab.
“Before we could get him to sign the receipt, he left the club,” Develin says. “Of course, we still have his card, so we called up his office, and his assistant told us someone would come by to sign. Weeks went by, and no one ever did. Finally, we got a call from AmEx and were told that Kyser was disputing the charge. When we called him up again, his assistant said, ‘Oh, Michael says he doesn’t actually remember being there’ — which is crazy because we have his card and photos of him and Jay-Z.” Source
I know it’s a recession and all but I’m guessing their mamas never taught them not to live beyond their means. SMH.

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