Azelia Banks cancels show, refuses demands she say, "Free Palestine!"

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

Yeah, yeah. I know none of you boomers know who she is, and you probably couldn't care less and you'd hate her music is you googled her, but it's significant in the culture war.

Azealia Banks @azealiaslacewig

So guys, I am cancelling Boomtown and Maiden Voyage, the promoters have been stressing me out for weeks trying to force me to say free Palestine and threatening to cut me from the bill because I won't say free Palestine and I'm not dealing with the threats and I'm not putting on a ****ing hijab.

They're both basically trying to extort me - by insinuating that I need to say I support Palestine or they will drop me from the gig BUT I would much rather drop them and not associate with anything that has cheap group think bullshit attached to it.

If they want to allow some no-name dj's to bully them into desecrating the nature of this music ecosystem and make ME the issue - whilst there being absolutely no ethical consumption under capitalism. Then that's fine.

More thinly veiled racism
And overt antisemitism from the ****ing gays for Hamas.

[SVPete]

Not among my preferred musical styles, but I appreciate her stand. I also appreciate her exposing publicly the anti-Semitic pressure being quietly applied to artists in her genre (and probably many/most branches of the entertainment media).

[Texacon]

You’re right, I have no idea who this person is but damn, I admire what she said in that post.

KC