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Lupe Fiasco Pulled Off Stage For Anti-Obama Rant At Inauguration Party (VIDEO)

1:10 am, January 21st, 2013

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Lupe Fiasco was pulled off stage at an event tied to President Obama’s Inauguration in Washington, D.C. late Sunday night after using his performance to go after Obama’s policies.

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The Grammy Winner headlined the Inauguration Celebration Party presented by StartUp RockOn, but things soured in the middle of his set, when Fiasco reportedly performed a 30-minute version of his anti-war track “Words I Never Said,” repeatedly criticizing Obama and refusing to move on to another song.

He was escorted away by security personnel.

“Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set,” wrote Josh Rogin of Foreign Policy.

He added, “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.”

CNN staffer Matt Dornic added, “Things going terribly wrong at @LupeFiasco performance during #SURO. Kicked off stage, bashing obama.”

HyperVocal, one of the companies behind StartUp RockOn, tweeted, “Disappointed that an artist took opportunity to use an event celebrating innovation/startups to make a political statement.”

However, in an official statement early Monday, organizers clarified the characterization of events:

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.

Fiasco’s beliefs probably should not have come as a surprise to organizers.

The anti-establishment rapper has been an outspoken critic of Obama in the past, once saying in an interview, “The biggest terrorist is Obama in the United States of America.”

Check out video from Fiasco’s shortened performance below!

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  • TiredMom

    So . . . you invite someone who you KNOW is anti-Obama to an Obama inauguration event, and you expect a good outcome? SOMEONE didn’t quite think this one through!

  • Martina

    So much for the ” freedom of speech”, that USA tries to teach other countries. We all know there is no such a thing. Bigger party always win. So lets say it for what it is and stop pretending otherwise. It’s a BS propaganda!

  • Heidi

    Good for him, I totally agree Obama is the biggest terrorist of the USA, I still feel for those parents who lost their sons cause Obama told them to stand down soldier cause he was in vegas being a celebrity, i HAVE NEVER SEEN ANY OTHER PRESIDENT GO ON AS MANY TALK SHOWS AND CONCERTS AS HIM, SCREW THE COUNTRY RIGHT , HOLLYWOOD AND HIS BBALL GAMES ARE MORE IMPORTANT!

  • Guest

    Seriously !!!! People please … Give me a freaking break ! That guy is a loser , don’t really know his so called ” music ” and don’t care for it either .. He’s just another rapper/hip hop/ artist that will fade away with time or get arrested or shot by another vile rapper/hip hop/artist…. We all have an opinion I guess some believe disrespect is a form of passion .. But in the end it’s just plain rudeness !

  • butternuts

    good for him !!!!!!!!!
    somebody stands up ! RESPECT

  • butternuts

    TIME TO IMPEACH THE LONG-LEGGED MACK DADDY !

  • DJ2KO

    It should be illegal to have that much ignorance in one post.

  • MD

    absolutely insolently retarded post. lupe is one of the most socially aware/conscious artists in the world. learn up before you state an opinion….in ANYTHING

  • Sirhc

    It’s hard for me to believe that even after four years, people still believe Obama’s bullshit. People actually think there is a difference between Obama and Bush, even after four years of the same policies. I guess it’s understandable, since most people don’t pay attention to what he does, just what he says.

  • Sirhc

    you are the loser. open your fuckin mind. the truth presents itself to you and you ignore it. shut the fuck up!

  • D. Martin

    Agreed. That doesn’t make sense to me. You know he is anti-Obama and invite him to perform at his inauguration celebration? Really? Shaking my head at that one…

  • D. Martin

    Actually, why have another inauguration anyway? He’s already had one and with the state of the economy it just shows waste to me. The artists performing – including Beyonce – are getting paid big money to perform I’m sure. Our tax payer dollars at work.

  • D. Martin

    I voted for him in the first election because I believed his campaign promises. I did not in the second election.

  • J F

    ha!!! Got to love his balls … and TiredMom is right … why would they ever invite him to sing if they knew of his beliefs in the first place??? I would have loved to have been there, though. Good for him!!

  • morejoy68

    I agree. I am a Lupe Fiasco fan AND an Obama supporter, and I think this was a stupid move.

  • morejoy68

    Lupe Fiasco is a pacifist. He has never concealed this fact or his critiques of Obama. Were the organizers stupid or were they trying to embarrass Obama? There is no way they could have been surprised by the fact that he would criticize the war during his performance.

  • veritas_1

    The only thing that is rude is bombing 3rd world nations for resources.

  • J

    They could have listened to that song and known…..getem Lupe

  • Heidi

    Unfortunately it’s all celebrity for him that’s how he gets the naive young people to support him thinking he’s cool when really he is worse than Bush, at least Bush was a goofy Dumb this guy is leathel and hope his stupidity doesn’t cause a worse riot in the world that effects America.

  • tlmck

    You put trash on the stage and then somebody has to sweep it off.

  • Whitey

    Ghetto nigger!

  • missylalawhite

    Why did they invite him in the first place? I don’t listen to his music, but obviously he’s not a fan of the president so why invite him to an inauguration event for him? Stupid promoters, but even then Lupe could have declined the invite knowing what it was for. I guess money talks and he used that to voice his opinion. Wrong place to do so. Dumb on both parts.

  • Mr Sir

    It is mandated by the constitution. You have all the info of the internet at your fingertips & you didn’t look it up?

  • D. Martin

    Not the swearing in — the parties and such. No I didn’t because another president — was it Bush or Clinton? — waved the second inauguration ball, party, due to the economy. I just think that paying all the stars to perform, ordering cakes from “Ace of Cakes”, having concerts, parties, and designer gowns while people are out of work is a waste.

  • Sirhc

    true that

  • OriginofNine

    Wow, talk about a biased report. It wasn’t about Obama so much as the “war on terror”.

  • Inspired

    Beautiful. I’m very proud of you Lupe. You are a real hero. I hope everyone open their minds and take some time and take this in. Didn’t know that I would ever see anything like this is these times, thought I was gonna have to do it. If given the opportunity i wll, til then I’m just working on getting the opportunity : )

  • Number100

    I agree with all Lupe said about Obama, save for not voting. That said, he preformed the same 4 minute song over and over for 30 minutes, they allowed it the 1st few times (freedom of speech) but the crowd stopped feeling it and he was told by organizers to move on, he refused. They, rightfully removed him. He wasn’t paid for that type of performance.

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