Lupe Fiasco invited to pre-inaguration concert, escorted off stage

Started by Skynet, January 21, 2013, 05:07:06 PM

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Skynet

He sung a song which criticized the President's foreign policy initiatives.

This isn't the first time he criticized the US President, either.

Thoughts?

I personally think that both sides made mistakes.  Fiasco should have known that publicly criticizing the President as part of a stage act would be very rude, especially to do at his inauguration.  Secondly, it wasn't a very good decision on the White House's part to invite an outspoken critic to the event.

Edit: I found out that the concert was pre-inauguration, and not affiliated with the White House.  The concert is known as StartUp RockOn, and was a private event meant to celebrate the inauguration.

Trieste

Same song for 30 minutes? I don't think it's his opinions that got him booed off stage - I think it was probably that it was a shitty performance. :P

Skynet

That's a possibility.  Of course, I'm getting conflicting accounts from multiple news sources (Secret Service took him off stage vs. he left voluntarily), so I don't have a definite judgment as of yet.  Still not a good idea on Lupe's part to choose that particular song.

Cyrano Johnson

Quote from: Trieste on January 21, 2013, 05:11:50 PM
Same song for 30 minutes? I don't think it's his opinions that got him booed off stage - I think it was probably that it was a shitty performance. :P

Not even the same song. Same verse for thirty minutes.

It likely could have been any verse and he'd have gotten booted. And I'm sure he wanted to get booted: but he probably didn't want to give them the pretext of his just being a poor entertainer for doing so.
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Callie Del Noire

Quote from: Cyrano Johnson on January 21, 2013, 05:28:07 PM
Not even the same song. Same verse for thirty minutes.

It likely could have been any verse and he'd have gotten booted. And I'm sure he wanted to get booted: but he probably didn't want to give them the pretext of his just being a poor entertainer for doing so.

Yeah.. that definitely does a lot for your career.

Yeah..nothing says professional like being an utter tool at the President's Inaug.

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Quote from: Callie Del Noire on January 21, 2013, 05:36:38 PM
Yeah.. that definitely does a lot for your career.

Yeah..nothing says professional like being an utter tool at the President's Inaug.

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Callie Del Noire

Quote from: Lilias on January 21, 2013, 05:45:49 PM
Sooner or later, one has to live up to their chosen name. ::)

True.. and what is your recording company is owned by someone who is supporter of the president?


Oniya

Quote from: Cyrano Johnson on January 21, 2013, 05:28:07 PM
Not even the same song. Same verse for thirty minutes.

It likely could have been any verse and he'd have gotten booted. And I'm sure he wanted to get booted: but he probably didn't want to give them the pretext of his just being a poor entertainer for doing so.

Seriously, if you're going to make an anti-war song thirty minutes long, at least make sure it's entertaining.  Edit:  Even Guthrie stopped at 18 minutes.
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Callie Del Noire

Quote from: Oniya on January 21, 2013, 06:26:59 PM
Seriously, if you're going to make an anti-war song thirty minutes long, at least make sure it's entertaining.  Edit:  Even Guthrie stopped at 18 minutes.

and he WAS entertaining.

Oniya

Quote from: Callie Del Noire on January 21, 2013, 06:54:32 PM
and he WAS entertaining.

Precisely my point.  Even my amateurish rendition at my freshman talent show didn't result in me getting booed off the stage.
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I never heard of him. Oh, he's a rapper? No wonder I never heard of him.
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Alchemistry

I saw this guy on the Colbert Report a long time ago. He says his modus operandi is to always question authority, all the time, even if they support your ideas. A fat lotta good that did him, I see.