‘Nuttin Butt Azz’ basketball tournament canceled at Newark HS after wild video of women twerking in thongs outrages board members
A sexually charged promotional video of women twerking in thongs in a New Jersey high school gym got the school board hot and bothered — with some members calling it “appalling” and “disgusting.”
The raunchy footage, filmed to promote a celebrity basketball tournament dubbed “Nuttin’ But Azz,” features women bending over chairs and shaking their thong-clad booties in slow motion as hip hop blasts at West Side High School in Newark.
The phrase “Rough Riders” — the school’s mascot— can be seen printed on a wall in the background.
A man dressed like a referee then appears on screen, proclaiming, “We’re giving out $10,000 to the best team out of four teams.”
The ad touting the tournament was produced by Big Fendi, a music manager and party promoter known for discovering rapper Nicki Minaj.
But wild footage of the stripper-style dancing outraged members of the Newark Board of Education, who said the film crew shouldn’t have been allowed on campus — no butts about it.
“I am appalled that a video of that sort was associated with that school or any of our schools,” board member Daniel Gonzalez said during a meeting Tuesday night, according to NJ.com.
“I was disgusted,” Board Co-Vice President Allison James-Frison fumed.
Other board members said they were worried that students may have watched the rump-shaking shoot.
“I would like to know who signed in, who opened those doors, and how many minors were on the site,” board member Crystal Williams.
An investigation is underway and school records, along with surveillance cameras will likely reveal how and by whom the film crew was allowed in, Williams said.
The event, also known as the “NBA Baddies Basketball Tournament NJ,” had been scheduled for July 21 at the high school with tickets ranging from $50 to $500.
But when the promo video popped up on social media, it stunned and angered parents.
“I opened up Facebook and I thought my eyes were deceiving me,” Newark parent Loucious Jones told the board. “My wife had to snatch the phone away from me.”
The basketball tournament has since been canceled and Big Fendi apologized to the “whole city of Newark” in an Instagram video
“Things went a little left, and out of control,” Fendi said in the video. “I take full responsibility for that ‘cause you guys had no knowledge of what these girls would be wearing.”
He didn’t immediately return a call and a text from The Post.
At the school board meeting Tuesday, Superintendent Roger León said this was “this was never a district or school event.”
“Appropriate disciplinary action will be taken,” he said.
