"After the last couple shows, I've been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing and I won't have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase."
"I can't do illegal, though some of you could be in the audience. I'm illegal, half my team are not here because they didn't get the visa."
"I WROTE BORDERS AND ILLYGAL AND PAPER PLANES BEFORE YOU THOUGHT IMMIGRANT RIGHTS WERE COOL. I'VE HAD [THESE] BATTLES BY MYSELF WITHOUT THE HELP OF MILLIONS OF FANS BACKING ME."
Kid Cudi terminated M.I.A. as the opening act for his Rebel Ragers tour due to backlash from her comments in Dallas about illegal immigration. M.I.A. claimed she couldn't do illegal things and suggested some audience members might be in the country illegally, which led to audience boos. Cudi expressed disappointment over her remarks, stating he had previously communicated his desire for non-offensive content. M.I.A. responded on social media, asserting her long-standing advocacy for immigrant rights and her previous work on related themes.
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