Posting Shortly: State Sen. Says CSCOPE Will be Yanked in Texas

As Heard on Beck Radio: Wait Until You Read that Poem By One of Those Punished for Benghazi Lapses

Entertainment

Was Rapper Kicked Off Stage at an Inaugural Event for an Anti-Obama Tirade? Check Out the Video

Jan. 21, 2013 9:30am Mike Opelka

Grammy-nominated rapper and Chicago native Lupe Fiasco was escorted from the stage during a Sunday night inaugural event in Washington, D.C., after delivering some Anti-Obama lyrics. And now the organizers behind the event — Start Up Rock On — are claiming he wasn’t booted for his stance on the president.

Rapper Booted From Stage At Inaugural Event After Making Anti Obama Statement

Image: ViralRead.com

Lupe Fiasco was performing his controversial song “Words I Never Said” (see our previous coverage of the song) at a place called Hamilton Live, and based on some of his lyrics, you might expect the rapper to be quite popular with the audience celebrating Obama’s second inauguration.

As one line says: “Rush Limbaugh is a racist/Glenn Beck is a racist.”

However, in the very next line he made some disparaging comments about President Obama and admitted to not voting for him in the past election and promising not to vote for him in the most recent one:

Gaza Strip was getting bombed, Obama didn’t say sh*t. That’s why I ain’t vote for him, next one either…

Video posted online show that security guards eventually took to the stage and forced the rapper off the stage. There are several edits to the video, but as one concert-goer points out, the song did go long: “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 video edits appear to be to show the song’s length and the eventual escorting-off:

(Content warning – graphic language)

Despite the video, event organizers are placing the blame on Fiasco (something Josh Rogin of the popular Cable blog on foreign policy suggests, too). The first response statement as posted on ViralRead.com:

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.

That statement is not totally true or totally false. Fiasco did leave earlier than planned (at the insistence of the hulking security guards), but the audience sounds like they appreciated his performance. Still, it does insinuate that Fiasco’s comments about Obama had nothing to do with his exit.

Almost immediately, Twitter was pulsing with tweets from people in the audience who were not pleased with the way Lupe Fiasco’s freedom of speech was handled. Hashtags #LupeFiasco and #StartUpRockOn were trending online instantly and for hours. There were also conflicting opinions from the event. Some seemed to support the rapper’s right to his opinion, while others did not.

Image: Twitter

HyperVocal one of the founding groups behind StartUp RockOn) tried to do damage control via Twitter:

Image: Twitter

Mr. Fiasco (not really his name) has not exactly kept his feelings about President Obama in the closet. Back in 2011, he called the President a “terrorist” during an interview with CBS News:

“My fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama and the United States of America.”

Despite making that statement and despite the controversy over the performance, as of this morning he is still featured on the group’s website as the headliner of last night’s show.

(H/T: ViralRead.com)

Benghazi, IRS, AP...What's next? Only TheBlaze TV offers the truth from Glenn Beck, Andrew Wilkow, and Real News from TheBlaze. Get instant access and a free trial here.

Back to The Blaze »

Comments (64)

christhefanatic
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:56am
If your concept of art only extends to Beethoven or Leonardo Di Vinci, or other such peasantries, it is unlikely you will appreciate the intellectual nature of ejecta music or the place of body fluids in art. My advice is that you should buy a pair of Dockers and go to Starbucks.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- izukiddin
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:06pm
  Iz u sayin’ that Beethoven and Lemonardo (sic) Da Vinci aint be artists an’ ejecta music izzz?
  
  Report this comment
- Jarhead 88
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:04pm
  You are nothing but stinking garbage, do what you want but if you come around me playing your crap, I “ejecta” you into orbit with my foot, boy.
  
  Report this comment
- IAmTuckerCarlson
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:42pm
  Jarhead 88 you seem like an incredibly stupid person.
  
  Report this comment
- turkey13
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:44pm
  O’ Phoofeey – the president is in trouble. The African Americans have figured out Obama is a half breed. The only voters he will listen to are the ones that add $$$ greenbacks to his daughters secret off shore account!
  
  Report this comment
- DenverKitty
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:49pm
  1st Amendment anyone?
  
  Report this comment
- christhefanatic
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 4:07pm
  Fail!Fail!Fail! Actually, few would call me a fanatic, my evil avatar is meant as an amusing juxtaposition…and if I have to explain my satire…I’ll have to work on it.
  Incidentally, I invented the term “ejecta music” only as a commentary.
  
  Report this comment
- michaelmoron
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 7:59pm
  Just like the GONG SHOW. I love it.
  
  Loser got Booted !
  
  I think I am going to youtube some GONG SHOW. lol.
  
  Report this comment
AmericaMustBeFree
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:54am
I don’t like that Lupe called Rush and Glenn racists.. but I admire the guy for having the tenacirty to get up and say what he did about Obama in front of so many people. Now, if we could just get the guy to realize Rush and Glenn aren’t racists!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Random_American
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 8:57pm
  I have a feeling that he was joking and yet not joking, like it wasn’t meant to fully insult, but to poke and prod.
  
  Report this comment
- HI_Don
  Posted on January 22, 2013 at 7:59pm
  @AmericaMustBeFree
  I’m not sure because I’m not cultured enough to understand what they heck he was saying, but from what I think I heard he didn’t say Rush and Beck were racists, he said that “They” are telling us Rush and Beck are racists and we are not being told the truth…Obama is that bad guy and I won’t vote for him. But that is my translation – I might not have gotten it right, but if I did – he got it right.
  
  Report this comment
LSL
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:41am
America’s chickens . . . .
Are comin’ home to roost.

And I LOVE IT. The libs will soon be eating each other in the streets.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- toiletclogga
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:57am
  Black music had devolved into pure crap! This rap crap sure doesn’t hold a candle to Motown. Black America needs another Berry Gordy!
  
  Report this comment
TheOldeCrow
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:40am
Yo, Homies, Rap’s not Music, it’s a Statement, a Lifestyle , a catalog of cognizant thoughts, words and actions…….{stomach is now roiling, uncontrollably]
Until you even get close to dissing HimSelf, The One [aka : Captain Zero] and then you find out that it is what it has always been : Not much of anything , with zero talents needed “to be somebody”.
Which is why it is so fricken’ popular. No-talent Hacks and Mindless Noobs can finally ‘Arrive’.
…and save us “Other People” the price of a bottle of Ipecac……..

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- truthnstuff
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:58pm
  You’re right. No talent, ghetto trash stupidity has become the new “cool”.
  
  Report this comment
TooManyStupidFolksInTheUSA
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:30am
maybe it is time to move out of the US…so sad for the true sacrifices made for our country but with all the dumbing down, I wonder if there is any hope left.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Wisdom7
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:14pm
  It’s not the United States. It’s the big cities and the idiots in charge that are destroying this nation.
  
  Report this comment
freedomofspeech
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:19am
Sigh, gonna be a very long four years.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Gonzo
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:21pm
  Seems like I said that four years ago…and I was right.
  
  Report this comment
- anothercomment
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:54pm
  Yes, it’s going to be a very long 4 years, but we can’t sleep through it. Being the 2nd term this man is going to be pushing the envelope on every issue a progressive liberal can, we can’t sit back, we need to poke our Representatives and Senators in the ribs, and tell them to get to work for us, and fight back – DO NOT GIVE AN INCH – ‘that’s why we sent you up there to DC’.
  
  Report this comment
RDavis49
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:18am
When you have trash in the White House, then people start to us it as a dump for all trash….

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Gonzo
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:15am
I’m torn. I would like to watch the video, but the projectile vomiting rap induces in me just isn’t worth it. Plus, I’ve seen and heard a lot of Beck and Limbaugh,,,and they’re not racists.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- catty
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 12:01pm
  ah hahaha
  
  Report this comment
- chg2012
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 2:50pm
  when the left has no truth behind their statements , they start calling names. RACIEST seems to be their fav.. we all know the truth.. Obummer is a racist against Europeans .. that included most whites in America .
  
  Report this comment
Guitar Master
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:04am
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
From THE REPORTER
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

H – E – L – L – O. . . . is anyone out there beginning to see where this whole thing is going?

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
christhefanatic
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:03am
The left wing….they have such refined taste…such…I don’t know…that “gen a say qua”.. Truly American royalty.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
TIMEBOMB
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:42am
My loyal subjects I want you to know that Fiasco,appropriately named,was indeed thrown off the stage for offending me. He’s going to find it very difficult to find work and his accountants will be working overtime to keep him out of federal prison. My beard was offended as well and she’l be taking measures to exact retribution on Fiasco and I won’t disclose to you what that is because well you’re just the little people and you needn’t concern yourselves with what my beard is doing.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- Secret Squirrel
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:55am
  When you lay down with dogs, don’t be surprised you get fleas.
  The committee found a rapper offensive, there’s a shock.
  
  Report this comment
- gyro
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:37am
  stop- the music
  stop discriminating against this good man who could be your son
  stop playing the race card every time you hear a song
  get with the program this is Bush’s falt
  :)
  hail the chief
  
  Report this comment
GuruMeditation
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:34am
Sounds like he’s missed too much school and is pretty dim as a result. I will also say he is in need of some English lessons.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Gargent_Furball
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:28am
mmm? Emperor Obamamama, Has a ring to it.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
paulwbrown
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:27am
Just more evidence as to how tolerant the left is to all, all who praise the left that is and total intolerance to any real diversity of thought.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
RANGER1965
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:20am
Gun Owners, Land Owners, Business Owners and anyone with a conservative or libertarian viewpoint has felt the animosity of this administration. We can see clearly where this is going.

What do you suppose will happen when Liberals begin to feel their loss of freedom. When the journalist can’t tell his story because it might offend Obama, or the Artist can’t produce the work he/she wants because it has been deemed offensive to our emperor?

I wonder if they will ignore it and keep supporting this evil little tyrant, or will they think twice?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- kryptonite
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:48am
  Where have you been, RANGER? There are already people on the left who have either lost their jobs or have been reprimanded because they dared offend dictator Barack. They are all afraid of him, but since most lefties toe the line anyway, they have not felt his ire firsthand.
  
  Like many of his supporters, this guy did not vote. Barack won because of massive fraud.
  
  Report this comment
- comforteagle
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 3:32pm
  Aside from your slippery slope argument… this was not a public event, and anyone hosting a private event has a right to regulate what happens durring Their event. if they were really being intolerant i doubt they would have let him “sing” his hate for half an hour before asking him to sing the next song (like he was paid to do).
  
  Report this comment
spfoam1
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:16am
If he cares so much about the Gaza strip he should move there and help ‘em out.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
progressiveslayer
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:13am
Fiasco made the mistake of offending lord Obama ,he calls Beck and Limbaugh racists and they have no problem with that but offend the king and you’re thrown off the stage. Selective free speech is the province of libs/collectivists.

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- tthm
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:31am
  Amen
  
  Report this comment
- Kumo
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:14am
  I had a look at those lyrics in the link, his political affiliation was difficult to pin down, but I think he’s most likely an Independent Moderate. He needs to better educate and inform himself on politics, for example Beck and Limbaugh are far from being racist. On the other hand David Duke (a former Democrat) and Jesse Jackson are both racists.
  
  Report this comment
- kryptonite
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 1:02pm
  @KUMO
  Well, his political affiliation is Islam. Need I say more? Independent moderate, my butt.
  
  Report this comment
brtmchl30
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:12am
This wasn’t cleared by the politburo in advance? Comrade Obama doesn’t like to be dissed. The 1st ammendment only applies to those like minded. Off to Gitmo for speaking hate against our Dear leader. You must be a Republican racist in leftist clothing Mr. Fiasco

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
barber2
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:06am
Just more of the class and good taste which marks our current world. Can a democracy survive when filled with such as this dude ?

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:15am
  No. I put together an extensive post that I thought was pretty interesting but
  for some reason it does not show up.
  Censorship on this site is RIDICULOUS.
  Trolls get better treatment than regular members
  
  Report this comment
blanco5
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:05am
You do NOT speak ill of the great one…..barf!

Report this comment
Log in to ReplyReply
- BODYBAG
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 11:25am
  @BLANCO5
  Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:05am
  You do NOT speak ill of the great one…..barf!
  ————————————————-
  I admit to using that term myself “great one”.
  But even in sarcasm it is an insult to the memory of Jackie Gleason.
  
  Report this comment
T-2
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 10:03am
Lupe Fiasco, is there any relation to Lupe Tortilla? I love their fajitas.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
101stIraqVet
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:59am
They must feel confident in their fight against the 2nd, that they are now going after the 1st.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Advection
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:57am
Anti-Semite, anti-free speech, closed minded bigot.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
Cavallo
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:56am
“We are staunch supporters of free speech, and free political speech. ”

As long as it is speech they agree with. As long as it doesn’t influence too many people, make fun of the pedophile prophet, mock the Obamessiah, or go against their core progressive principles. Then they can have their free speech.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply
resme
Posted on January 21, 2013 at 9:55am
Meh, He’s a idiot. But kudos on dissing his home-boy Obama.

Report this comment
Log in to Reply Reply

It appears that you have Javascript Disabled. Please enable Javascript in your browser preferences for a better user experience on TheBlaze. You can not comment without Javascript enabled.