Rapper Wale tweets about cancellation of DC’s gay Black Pride event
”How do people read publications and run with WHATEVER is said.jus because its said/written ..I don’t get it..
”The passion behind the hatred.over Misinformed info breaks my heart, but also shows me the malice of ‘fans’
”Iowa, remember when I cancelled that show? Cuz of Letterman and transportation..Hofstra remember when that show was cancelled..
”Some ppl love a ‘story’.. Sooo bad that they’ll turn people against u..its sad, so u get ur story , in turn, u turn ppl against me?
”I was told NOT to respond, but that wouldn’t be me..anybody who knows me an familar w/ my music know that I work for PEOPLE..all ppl
”And the people who deliver propaganda never heard the music yall know..they write it to ignite anger, cuz ur anger generates revenue
”So with this said, HipHop music is for everybody..I love all the supporters, and real know real..
”I didn’t even know bout a show..I have done 48 shows this year..and I haven’t booked one personally…ya smell me”
Twitter posts from hip-hop artist Wale (pronounced “wah-lay”) who was scheduled to be at Washington, DC’s Black Gay and Lesbian Pride Day next weekend. However, Metro Weekly broke the news late on Thursday that the booking of Wale, a native of the DC area, had been canceled. Organizers of the annual LGBT event seem to read the cancellation as being due to homophobic cold feet. The rapper himself seems to be saying he doesn’t know anything about this particular show. Wale does not appear to address an e-mail from his talent agent who said of his client, ”he feels mislead and regretfully declines” because ”the facts of the event were not disclosed.” (Twitter.com/wale)
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