Lil' Wayne, who gave one of the more memorable VMA performances this weekend thanks to his inability to keep his pants on, seems to be quite the diva: The troubled rapper, who has a history of run-ins with the law that doesn't quite rival that of DMX, reportedly refused to take the stage at Friday night's "Fashion Rocks" event because he didn't want his bag checked by security. So he bailed, which then led to him changing his mind and being a pain in the ass for the rest of the night.

Click through for the full entertaining story, as told by a senior production staffer.

When Lil' Wayne showed up to perform in the show — and he showed up on time — he was carrying a bag and refused, point blank, to go through security. Everyone else — including Rihanna, Chris Brown, Beyoncé, Justin Timberlake and Kid Rock — went through security, and we couldn't make an exception. He's obviously not a Boy Scout and has a history with drugs and guns.

But he wouldn't budge and refused to have his bag searched or have a security wand passed over him. Then he started getting abusive: 'I don't need your [bleeping] show — I'm leaving if you make me do this.' So he had to leave, I mean, who knows what was in that bag?

He got back in the car we'd paid for and drove off. Minutes later, we got frantic calls from his management and record label begging us to have him back. We said, 'OK, we have an opening at 7 p.m.' The next thing you know, Wayne's people are saying, 'Can we do a bit later. He's not going to be ready.'

We had a crew of 250 people waiting for him. … Then he calls at, like, 9:30 and says, 'I'm five blocks away,' which is like 500 blocks away in New York traffic, so we just pulled the plug. It was just so disrespectful to the crew and to the 5,000 audience members. Unbelievable.

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