Rishi Rich in Twitter War With Jay Sean?

The tweet that started it all might have been deleted now but a Twitter war was supposedly launched by U.K. producer Rishi Rich, who discovered R&B sensation Jay Sean, when he read an article about the "Down" star in the Evening Standard and didn’t see his name mentioned!

"It's funny I've jus read an artcle about someone who I developed and found. Not one mention of my name in this artcle. That's life . Peace," Rishi Rich allegedly tweeted, before deleting the tweet for unknown reasons.

The article in question is an interview with Jay Sean in which the R&B phenomenon talks about growing up in London and trying to make it in the U.S. "I didn't want to be a big fish in a small pond. There's a danger in that. So, you can walk around Hounslow and everyone knows who you are, and you feel like a big shot? Well, take a walk through Louisville, Kentucky, and see if anyone gives a shit about you. That's what I did to myself by going to America. I wanted to be in the home of R&B. If you perform country and western, you go to Nashville, don't you, not to flipping Reading?" he said.

But Rishi Rich, the man who discovered Jay Sean, is not mentioned anywhere in the interview so the producer took to Twitter to express his surprise!

DesiHits.com reached out to Rishi Rich but his team declined to comment. What do you think of this Twitter spat? A complete rumor or no fire without smoke? Share your thoughts.

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December 04, 2009 00.01 PST
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ItalianIce

nyclife is the man.
December 01, 2009 01.16 PST
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nyclife

The Truth about Jay Sean – A True Sellout Where to begin about Jay Sean or Mr. Kamaljit Singh Jhooti. Being one of the biggest event producers and promoters in both the Desi and Mainstream Music – I have never seen a bigger sellout and pre-madonna than Jay Sean. Let me write some truths about this person. Everything you see is a front, and people who has experienced behind the scenes knows this. Here are the facts: 1) If it weren’t for Rishi Rich, Jay Sean would be Dr. Kamaljit Singh Jhooti. Rishi Rich discovered and developed this artist. It’s a shame that he doesn’t publicly give Rishi Rich credit in the media. 2) Jay Sean has always been a cocky bastard since Day 1 from years ago. Go ahead and youtube the 2point9 videos from years back. For all the promoters that booked him during his first ever leg tour in the US knows that. 3) He is a sell out. His first album was lyrically inspiring and has substance. Now his shit sucks – plus his video Down sucks ass well – what the hell is up with the glowing shit that flies all over the place. 4) Why Down reached up in the charts so quickly? Great business marketing tactic – invest thousands of dollars in buying your own single to promote yourself in the charts. 5) He will truly be a true South Asian crossover if the Indian music crossed over, which didn’t. If you look at other artists such as Wyclef, Sean Paul, Daddy Yankee, etc. – they bring their musical roots from their country – and made them popular. 6) All your female fans out there – Jay Sean is married. Yes he got married to Thara Natalie Prashad in August 2009 in NJ. Google – Thara Prashad and Nicky Jhooti – you’ll see a lot of wedding gift registration stuff. Plus you can check it out on the state registration records site. 7) Well we all know that his Indian fanbase were the one who brought him to where he is right now – so why does he hate performing in front of Indian audiences? Where am I coming up with this – he charges twice or three times as much and demands a lot more to an Indian promoter compared to a white promoter – and they make sure it’s an American gig and not and an Indian gig. 8) Jay Sean is the biggest narcissistic person I ever seen and met. He takes pretty boy to another level – and dude needs to stop checking himself every friggin half hour. 9) Jay Sean is the whiniest person backstage – no joke. He’ll insult people out loud in front of their face – but not directly – he’ll do it indirectly by bitching out loud to his management. 10) Jay Sean is fake – he is a great actor that has a talent – but only a few people truly knows how Kamaljit truly is as a person. Just like having a stage name, his personality he presents to the media is staged also. Desihits – why don’t you present real true news to the public and stop sucking Jay Sean’s XXX. And yeh - SuzyQ - you too - stop bashing on other artists while you suck Jay's XXXX on every article.
November 19, 2009 00.57 PST
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tera_baap

desibabadotcom, im lovin your comment haha! jay is a sell out man. i love his music but as a person i think he could be shady..he's TOO driven and ambitious, and he is willing to forget where he came from to achieve his success.
November 18, 2009 21.19 PST
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punjabi4life

jay sean needs to be more thankful for rishi rich. he should try to make him more famous as he has a respectable status in the usa now.
November 18, 2009 08.28 PST
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desibabadotcom

if it wasn't for Rishi, Jay would probably be a Doctor by now.
November 18, 2009 07.27 PST
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Yasminder

well i would doubt jay would mention rishi though. iv not heard one interview since cash money where he mentions rishi to white people.
November 18, 2009 05.15 PST
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SuzyQ

How do you know that Jay didn't mention him, and that the journalist simply didn't write his name in the interview? It only briefly touches on his early career.
November 18, 2009 02.48 PST
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aussie_imports

touchy....so wat they guy didnt mention u in an interview-probly skipped his mind..he cant goin round thankin evrybody..as long as hes not a bitch to yer face to face-wats the prob??
November 17, 2009 21.50 PST
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ItalianIce

I respect Rishi Rich and totally understand where he's coming from when he says that.. I'd be pretty annoyed too. Okay, he obviously won't be mentioned in any U.S. articles since he's UK based, but he should at least get some sort of recognition when he's in UK Articles (the article in question was from This is London). Don't forget where you came from Jay!
November 17, 2009 14.59 PST
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pully

One must always remember those who helped you climb the ladder of success (not spoon feeding though)
November 17, 2009 12.37 PST
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zaynah

if Rishi wasnt willing to comment he's still beefing. yah it would have been nice to Jay to mention Rishi as he did get him on desi scene, but tweeting about the emotions and then deleting em after, thats kinda sketchy
November 17, 2009 12.36 PST
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SuzyQ

He can't get mentioned in every interview.

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