Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 21, 2013
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So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn't vote for Obama and eventually was told to move on to the next song.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 21, 2013
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Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go.
— Josh Rogin (@joshrogin) January 21, 2013
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Things going terribly wrong at @lupefiasco performance during #SURO. Kicked off stage, bashing obama.
— Matt Dornic(@mdornic) January 21, 2013
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In which Lupe Fiasco gets removed from stage for bashing Obama #suro #getyourlifetogether instagr.am/p/UvAYSmCvaS/
— Kelli jo (@Kelli_jo_) January 21, 2013
Shortly after, one of the organizers of the event, the website Hypervocal, posted an official statement about why Lupe was silenced and kicked off the stage:
Lupe Fiasco performed at this private event, and as you may have read, he left the stage earlier than we had planned. But Lupe Fiasco was not “kicked off stage” for an “anti-Obama rant.” We are staunch supporters of free speech, and free political speech. This was not about his opinions. Instead, after a bizarrely repetitive, jarring performance that left the crowd vocally dissatisfied, organizers decided to move on to the next act. Read more at http://hypervocal.com/news/2013/lupe-fiasco-inauguration-statement/#J5ts2C2Bsr3YOLGk.99
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