"M.I.A is no longer on this tour. I told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn't want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood."
"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 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 announced M.I.A. would no longer be his tour opener after receiving complaints from fans about her political rants. He expressed disappointment over her comments, which he deemed offensive. M.I.A. faced backlash during a Dallas concert for her remarks about being a Republican and her comments regarding undocumented individuals. Following the incident, she attempted to clarify her statements, emphasizing her history with immigrant rights and her previous work on related themes.
Read at Vulture
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]