Dj Irie, the official DJ for the Miami Heat, is very particular about his water.
He took to the decks at Blade and Rag & Bone’s glamorous Art Basel party at the Faena Hotel on Friday, but not before staffers scrambled to get him the right kind of water.
A source said, “Among other unique items on Irie’s rider, including two clean and new room-temperature-wet hand towels, is that he must have ‘six sealed 32-ounce bottles of Aquafina water in his DJ booth ahead of his set.’
Since the posh Faena Hotel only has the fancier Acqua Panna water in glass bottles, his manager insisted Irie would not arrive until the proper water was in his booth.
This sent Blade staffers scrambling in Basel traffic to a 7-Eleven to find the bottles of Aquafina — only available in plastic.
They made it back just before he was due to go on, and his set started on time.” Guests at the bash — hosted by Blade’s Rob Wiesenthal, plus Rag & Bone’s Marcus Wainwright and David Neville — included Dwyane Wade, Alan Faena, “Page Six TV’s” Bevy Smith, “Today’s” Jill Martin, Claudine De Niro, Eric Ripert, Maggio Cipriani and Lisa Bonder.