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McDonald’s Tells Twista to hit the Road
Posted by Shakeer
Rapper Twista, has been dropped from the lineup because of his “controversial lyrics,” the fast food giant said Monday. Twista was supposed to perform on a nationwide tour sposored by the hamburger chain.
The Chicago rapper is better known for his lightning-fast rap delivery than particularly raunchy content: His hits include “Slow Jamz,” with Kanye West and Jamie Foxx, and “Overnight Celebrity.” However, he does use explicit language and reference drugs in his some of his rhymes.
McDonald’s, which initially signed the rapper to perform in Chicago for its 10-city concert series, said it could no longer support Twista for the Aug. 7 performance. “Although we respect free speech and artistic expression, we do not condone or perpetuate derogatory language,” said spokesman William Whitman in a statement. “We want to ensure these free concerts are fun as well as appropriate for all of our customers.”
“They started hearing things … feeling like they were getting a little flak, and I felt like rather than stick by me and stick through it, they got scared,” he said. “I’ve been rapping the same way for 15 years. It only became a problem when Don Imus said something negative about black women and they needed a scapegoat.”
Twista said that typically, when he performs at events that are more mainstream and that attract kids, he cleans up his lyrics, and had intended to do so for the Chicago performance.
“I was actually going to have a school with a choir come sing the song ’Hope’ with me. So now … McDonald’s have to tell the kids that they can’t perform.”
This whole situation is BS to me; Twista can’t make any money because of this criticism from a few people who don’t have anything better to do. Mickeys D’s knew what they were getting into when they signed him up. I hope he sues them and gets all the money they promised him because they breached this contract; he needs to get his ‘new school hustle’ on.
