JLo's Tour Rider



That Jennifer Lopez is a diva of obnoxious magnitude is not in question. It goes without saying. If JLo's ass is Lionel Ritchie and the rest of her The Commodores then the awesomosity of her demands make her naught else but "Three Times a Lady" (Exaggerated cough suggesting feigned detachment) Her Rider's are the stuff of Diva legend, true believers. Although she is not as ghetto as Fitty Cent, whose Tour Rider requests "Cold (sp) Slaw (Averted Gaze)", she is veering into those unfashionable precincts with a terrible haste. This, from Smokinggun:

"Even when Jennifer Lopez is doing a music video benefiting victims of both the recent terrorist attacks and the African AIDS epidemic, J. Lo is high maintenance. Along with dozens of other performers, Lopez has participated in a charity remake of Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On," and was at Miami's Big Time studio on October 20 to film her cameo in the accompanying music video. But before the shoot, Lopez's representatives gave the production crew this detailed "rider" describing what needed to be in place prior to the diva's arrival."

At the time JLo requested, among other things, "White room, White flowers, White tables / and or tablecloths, White drapes, White candles, White couches ... Apple Pie (A la mode) ... NO TOMATO, APPLE OR GRAPE JUICES ... Yellow Roses with Red Trim." From 3AMGirls:

"NOTORIOUS diva J.Lo had studio execs blinking with her latest list of crazy needs including special Lo-wattage lightbulbs, hot Cuban bread and, ooh, lots of Skittles.

"Two hours before she was due for a recording session, the Latin lovely delivered a three-page ultimatum to bosses of increasingly off-the wall demands.

"Top of the crackpot catalogue given to staff at Santa Monica's famous Westlake Studios in LA was: change all the lights for dimmer ones and place them at angles to make the singer look "desirable".

"One record executive told us: 'J.Lo was such a diva when she was here last week. Her people sent us a three-page rider request for her dressing room which was absurd. It was so last-minute.

"'All the lights had to be at a certain wattage and an angle to make her look good. We've never seen anything like it since Michael Jackson asked for a room to be made above the studio so his monkey Bubbles could watch him record.'"