“Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set,” Josh Rogin, a reporter with Foreign Policy magazine, posted on Twitter.
During the concert, the singer played a lengthy anti-war song and told the audience he didn’t vote for Barack Obama, according to witnesses. When he was told to move on to the next song, he refused, and “a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go.”
Rapper Lupe Fiasco (Reuters / Mario Anzuoni)
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.
The Internet community clashed over what happened, with some asking why “it’s okay for Kanye West to diss George Bush, but it’s wrong for Lupe Fiasco to question Obama war policies.”
Hypocrites... RT @DejiAriyo: Its okay for Kanye West to diss George Bush but its wrong for Lupe Fiasco to question Obama war policies?
Many Twitter users also mocked the fact that the pre-inauguration event's organizers did not research the singer’s past anti-Obama rhetoric before inviting him to perform.
This was not the first time that the US leader has come under fire from the rapper. In 2011, Lupe Fiasco called Obama – and “the United States of America” – “terrorists.”
Apparently, criticizing Obama for his imperial crimes is worse than his actual imperial crimes. #SURO
#SURO slammed by @LupeFiasco's nonstop, anti-obama rap. Corporate sponsors scurrying.
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