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At a hip-hop festival called Craze Fest in Hammond, Indiana, just outside of Chicago, rapper Chief Keef appeared on stage as a hologram. But his Saturday night performance only lasted one song before the police shut it down.
Chief Keef, born Keith Cozart, originally planned to hold a benefit concert for his friend and a toddler who were both killed during a shooting this month. The concert was to be held at a theater in Chicago, but Mayor Rahm Emmanuel's office reportedly pressured the theater to cancel the event, according to the Chicago Tribune. The New York Times says the mayor's office called Chief Keef "an unacceptable role model" whose music "promotes violence."
Instead, Chief Keef told his fans that he would perform at an undisclosed location and enlisted Hologram USA to help him appear virtually rather than physically, citing outstanding warrants for his arrest in Illinois. Fans weren't told Chief Keef would be performing in Hammond at Wolf Lake Pavilion as part of Craze Fest until 9pm that night.
According to the Chicago Tribune, Chief Keef performed his hit "I Don't Like" [remix and NSFW] from a sound studio in Beverly Hills, California. "[He] was talking about putting a stop to violence when the power was cut off. Police rushed toward the stage, turning the music off about 10:25pm. Shining flashlights, they ordered concertgoers to leave. Fans who gathered Saturday left the grounds in an orderly fashion, though disappointed."
Wanted in Illinois, appeared as a hologram in Indiana, still shut down by police. Good thing for him he was in California.
Additional material from the BBC.
(Score: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Tuesday July 28 2015, @07:53PM
CLAIMING it was due to 'public safety' is weak-sauce. how can you say that a performer being on tv screen (etc) is going to cause social unrest and rioting? and even if true, the government is NOT there to PREVENT things that MIGHT happen due to personal opinions. how would this scale? if allowed, the government would then be free to shut down any protest it wants simply because its 'afraid it might shake things up a bit'.
our very founding fathers WANTED us to shake shit up a bit, when the gov is out of control. its long overdue and, fwiw, they know this. why do you think they are doing all they can to suppress the general feeling of the need for revolution? they know its coming but are hoping to have it deferred long enough for them to live their lives out in their current level of comfort and aristocracy.
this was not a legal act; shutting down a performer for 'fear of something irrational'. but the government has not been following the laws that we have to, for decades, now. no surprise here. scared animal fighting for its life. understandable. pitiful but understandable.
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(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Wednesday July 29 2015, @12:56AM
Erm, where do I say that?
I said that *they* said that.
Read for comprehension next time.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 29 2015, @02:32AM
Oh please.