M.I.A will be missing in action at this year’s Afropunk Festival.
The eclectic rapper had been tapped to serve as a headliner at the London edition of the Urban music celebration.
However, after feeling the furore of members of the Black communication following her controversial comments about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, the Brit-bred talent has decided to vacate her spot on the bill.
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As reported, the 38-year-old was none-too-endorsing of the campaign, which aims simply to highlight the injustices faced by the Black community.
Speaking to the Evening Standard, she lambasted figures such as Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar for supporting the drive. She said at the time:
“It’s not a new thing to me – it’s what Lauryn Hill was saying in the 1990s, or Public Enemy in the 1980s. Is Beyoncé or Kendrick Lamar going to say Muslim Lives Matter? Or Syrian Lives Matter? Or this kid in Pakistan matters? That’s a more interesting question.
And you cannot ask it on a song that’s on Apple, you cannot ask it on an American TV programme, you cannot create a tag on Twitter, Michelle Obama isn’t going to hump you back.”
Ever since, fans of both artists as well independent supporters of BLM have not let go of her wig.
So much so that their threats of boycotting the festival have seen her bow out of performing. She took to Twitter to make the announcement and sarcastically added:
Sorry I’m not doin Afropunk. I’ve been told to stay in my lane. Ha there is no lane for 65mil refugees who’s lanes are blown up! #nolanes
— M.I.A (@MIAuniverse) June 20, 2016
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Everyone is entitled to their opinions, but it would profit acts to understand that there are consequences attached to broadcasting them. Especially when illogical like the views expressed by M.I.A.
We stand by our stance that she was all sorts of wrong for trying to weigh-up injustice and play down the plight of Black people. The reality is that she is not Black, hence will never be able to articulate or assess the Black experience firsthand because she doesn’t walk in those shoes. That doesn’t mean that Black hardship is more important than struggles she identifies with. But it also doesn’t mean it’s any less relevant either.
Her arguing otherwise is justification enough for her to be deleted from the line-up.
Good riddance.
B**** shut the f*** up if u want ur ppl represented u represent them, don’t tell black people to represent them for u!!!
Do u see black actors telling white ppl to wear black face and go be our voice? No we cast ourselves in our own s***
That’s what it sounds like. Me: My house is on fire. Let me extinguish the fire. MIA: “Why are you so concerned about saving your own house? What about other people’s houses? Why aren’t you trying to save theirs?” On an airplane, you put the mask on yourself before you can help your neighbor. She needs to have several rows of several seats.
Let me translate this for you.She saying that Beyonce and Kendrick should have made songs about the injustice that goes on and all communities not just the black. She also saying they need to do more then make songs. They need to stand in front of the white house,or set up a march. FYI we should help each other fight injustice. We do not like it to happen to us,so why should we let it happen to other people?
Isn’t this the same chick who flipped her middle finger during her Super Bowl performance?
Girl, bye!
After she slams Beyoncé and black lives matter……..
Her name fits her so well for this situation…..!!! You do the math!!
Is she wrong though? We live in a world where politicians allow and encourage hate, discrimination and fear, especially towards the Muslim community. She shouldn’t have discredited the Black Lives Movement though; black lives continue to be attacked everyday due to their skin colour
The world is not perfect and it needs fixing.
She can sit with Skeri and Mrs Cole and other under-irrelevants who came for QB
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come for Bey At Your Own Risk. Leave The Dumbfuckery At The Door ~
Yonce
Hey sis wyd? One minute you’re dragging Bey the next you’re stanning for her? SMH you’re so fake you and Molly are probably related
LMFAO BIITCH when & where did I drag Bey¿
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ULTIMATE ewww at you comparing me to the homophobic gay black racist self hating man Molly
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my fam would never birth or let such trash like Moldy live
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They prolly blindfold ha then throw him from highest rooftop
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next time at me with real account so I can scalp you accordingly :):
Really Taylor Tori Azalea/Career Ender or who ever you are today,you really want me to embarrass your ass by pasting the endless reciepts that prove my previous statement?
And yeah Molly may be Racist and Homiphbic but she did not wish r*** upon another woman like you did so stay in your lane little kûnt?
BYE
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It will be less boring paying you DUST
Bye!!!! MIA you don’t know!
She has an issue with blacks people focusing on issues that affect black people?
I read my comment before I posted it.. Twice. And I didn’t see that s there… Mm, I’m just gonna pretend like it’s not there.
Yasssss Sam, no lies detected not once!
Who?
……Is that on your avi?
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I’m sorry but you make this easy…….
This is only because she not as relevant . Let Taylor swift Had said that lol I bet ahe would still be performing. The industry is shady in general. I agree opinions should be kept to themselves sometimes but I don’t take anything serious most celebs say now days.
I don’t understand why celebs always feel the need to comment on everything though. Beyonce and Rihanna rarely comment on stuff and if they do then it’s in a magazine interview.
I’m waiting for someone with public influence to speak out about BLM focusing only on white on black crime and not the much more prevalent black on black crime that results in men, women and children being killed every day in this country. Black lives should matter ALL the time, not just when you can get people riled up all because you can point the finger at a white man in a police uniform…the same white policeman you call for help when black on black crime happens on your street. BLM is the most hypocritical organization I’ve ever seen.
thank you. this whole s*** is going to backfire sooner or later. the truth is we need to focus on educating our people more so that they don’t get so easily riled up over everything and realize when they are being played. BLM is playing us. They mean well but most people are just using the movement to be rude, dismissive, and isolate the black community further.
When blacks kill each other, the accused is convicted for his crime. They don’t take them to King Burger or non of that. They get a PRISON SENTENCE. Unlike the cops whovkill INNOCENT people, but go home and kiss their families good night. No prison sentence for them. That’s the reason for the movement.
I know the reason, but like with everything else people have lost sight. Like with this post. M.I.A wasn’t discrediting the movement. She was simply stating that she doesnt have the same luxury of supporting her own people because no one supports her. She’s saying this movement is nothing new (because it isnt), and that people need to truly ban together.
Cw hats with theses celebriies and thei lil hissy fits??? Urghh?
What’s with these celebrities and their lil hissy fits??? Urghh?
F****** idiots…all of you. Blacklivesmatter movement is hurting black people more than helping. its exposing how uneducated and uncivil we are by taking something meant to highlight injustice and using it to isolate ourselves and exclude everyone else. Her point was justified. We have the power right now to shine a real light on the injustice of racism worldwide. Its not just about African Americans, EVERY race discriminates against their darker skinned members, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE FROM INDIA. We can do more together than alone. Dismissing everyone who isn’t “black” isnt helping us. teaching this next generation that they are allow to dismiss peoples struggles isnt helping. going around trying to “educate” someone of a different race everytime they do something “black” or try to sympathize with the us isnt helping. She made a point that while beyonce and kendrick can openly support and rally for their people, she cannot. and like it or not, they have real issues in the middle east that need attention. good job.
Nobody is stopping her? Not Kendrick nor Yonce
Applauded
Meanwhile, “Kala” is STILL her only certified album YEARS later. But I bet you she’s not running on top of no mountains to tell that, though. Kii! I swear the jokes like to write themselves.
Shes right
M.I.A.=Cancelled
I wonder if every A&R team is telling their artists, if you say something ignorant, offensive, and disgusting, then we’ll give you a budget because you’ll have the GP attention. She is so thirsty.
Cancellation well deserved….. Bye trick
She sound dumb and she need to shut the heck up & work on her album instead of talking stupid sh*t
ALL lives matter. Color, race, religion should not even be a thought. When everyone gets THAT the world will be better for all. Some of the responses here are vile spews of hate and racism. We can’t undo wrongs we can only learn from them and try to better ourselves. BLM is another vein of raicism ….ALM! (All Lives Matter)#alllivesmatter
Ain’t nobody checking for this curry smelling thot.