Five Rappers Ejected From Music Festival After Pressure From Police

Organizers of a hip-hop music festival in New York City were forced to drop five rappers from their lineup after police expressed their concerns that they could bring violence to the event. As Fox News reports:

The New York Times reported that the performers were removed from the Rolling Loud festival after a New York Police Department official sent the organizers a letter citing safety concerns if the rappers took the stage.

The traveling Rolling Loud festival was scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at Citi Field in Queens on Saturday and Sunday and included major acts like Wu-Tang Clan and Meek Mill…

Each of the rappers cited by the police has had encounters with law enforcement, the Times said. Jeffrey Alexander, who performs as 22Gz, was charged with murder in Florida in 2017, but the charges were dropped after police identified another man as the gunman. Casanova, whose given name is Caswell Senior, has served prison time in New York on a robbery charge. The other three artists have faced weapons charges.

Don Q blamed “misinformation” for his removal from the festival lineup in a statement on Instagram. “I love my city and I never been in any gang activities or had issues at any of my previous shows,” he wrote. Casanova added in the comments that the decision “really hurts.”

The event organizers claimed that the rappers would be paid in full in spite of their inability to perform at the festival.


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