McDonald’s drop Chicago rapper from concert tour

Chicago rapper Twista was on the bill to perform for the restaurants 10 city concert series, when they said, no thank you.

McDonalds says the decision was made to drop him due to his “controversial lyrics”. Official statement goes a little something like this…” Although we respect free speech and artistic expression we do not condone or perpetuate derogatory language.”said spokesman William Whitman. “We want to ensure these free concerts are fun as well as appropriate for all our customers.”

During an interview with the Associated Press, Twista said he was surprised by the announcement especially after hearing from certain people that represented McDonalds, that they were excited about the whole thing and they backed me, and then to hear a few days later that I was actually not on the show.”

Twista blamed the increased criticism of hip hop in the wake of the racial comment made by former CBS and MSNBC broadcaster Don Imus for putting pressure on the corporate giant to drop him form the series.

“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,”says the Chicago rapper. “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.”

As we are well aware increased pressure has been put on record labels and rappers to clean up the offensive content due to the Don Imus comment calling the Rutgers Women’s basketball team, “nappy headed hoes”.

Twista goes on to say he had intentions of cleaning up his lyrics due to the crowd and that he was going to have a school choir come sing the song, ‘Hope’ with him. Gee thanks Twista. So now McDonald’s will have to tell the kids that they can’t perform.

Now it’s my turn….You are not a scapegoat, what you are is number one in the larger scope of what’s to come. Just think as time goes by the number of rappers being dropped form corporate events due to their offensive lyrics and videos. Watch and see.

Please note McDonalds don’t have to tell the kids shit, I betcha they can perform just without you.

This is just the beginning of the corporate structure putting the smack down on you guys. All you rappers thinking because you are rich and selling records you can’t be stopped and or censored. T. I.

Yeah, I know there are hoes and bitches in the hood & you guys should be able to speak and or rap about it but..Its time to move on to some other shit. Damn, enough already.

On that note Russell Simmons has two very interesting articles regarding censorship in the recent XXL w/ 50 on the cover and in Ebony Magazines. In a nut shell, he says the lyrics will stop no matter how hard the rappers cry, “Freedom of Speech”.