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posted by takyon on Tuesday July 28 2015, @09:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the can't-touch-this dept.

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.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2015, @08:58PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 28 2015, @08:58PM (#215050)

    There's nothing unconstitutional about demanding a licence for a venue, satisfying health and safety laws, passing electrical and pyrotechnic safety tests, etc.

    There's nothing unconstitutional about making it difficult for people to exercise their free speech rights.

    There's nothing unconstitutional about banning all bullets. That might make guns useless, but technically we're not banning the guns.

    None of this nonsense has ever convinced me, and never will.