Rapper Lupe Fiasco thrown offstage during pre-inauguration event after anti-Obama rant

Rapper Lupe Fiasco was thrown offstage and escorted off the premises of a Washington, D.C. concert hall during a pre-inauguration concert Sunday night, after going on an anti-war, anti-Obama rant, according to concertgoers.

Josh Rogin, a reporter with Foreign Policy magazine, tweeted late Sunday, “Lupe Fiasco just got thrown off stage here at the Hamilton Live after he went on an anti-Obama diatribe mid set.”

“So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn’t vote for Obama,” he continued, ”and eventually was told to move on to the next song…Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go.” Another attendee at the StartUp RockOn event tweeted, “Things going terribly wrong at @lupefiasco performance during#SURO. Kicked off stage, bashing obama…”

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Permalink Reply by Tara on January 21, 2013 at 3:12pm

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Permalink Reply by Tara on January 21, 2013 at 3:19pm

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Permalink Reply by Central Scrutinizer on January 21, 2013 at 3:51pm

Nice addition Tara...w00t!

Oust this Bastard Usurper before its too late folks!!!

O'Reilly too ;)

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Permalink Reply by Nikki on January 22, 2013 at 12:30am

Oopsie! Someone didn't do their research, LMAO.

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Permalink Reply by Nikki on January 22, 2013 at 1:10am

What does that tell you, Greg?

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Permalink Reply by Tara on January 22, 2013 at 1:13am

And that makes him suspicious why?... Ok, so he's Muslim, grew up poor and his dad was a Black Panther... big deal. IMO, it took great courage to do what he did, ranting truth to power before the inauguration.

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Permalink Reply by Nikki on January 22, 2013 at 1:23am

I totally agree, Tara. In fact he probably recognizes the truth about O'Bummer BECAUSE of his background.

Here's more:

http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2013/1/21/obama-inauguration-irony-...

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Permalink Reply by Nikki on January 22, 2013 at 1:28am

And Tara, you and I have both added posts here about Lupe Fiasco. How come we know how this rapper feels about the president yet the inaugural celebration planners apparently didn't have a clue?

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Permalink Reply by Tara on January 22, 2013 at 1:39am

hmm... not sure why. Maybe they were more impressed with his celebrity than actually listening to the lyrics. I know being in bands myself, most people hardly ever listen to lyrics. It was to Obummers detriment in this case. Ya gotta love it ;)

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Permalink Reply by Patriot Horse on January 24, 2013 at 12:19am

I agree Tara... they(people putting the program together thought) Hey he's from Chicago... let's use him. Surprise! hahaha Well for whatever it was worth, I'm sure being kicked off stage in itself meant this rapper had a point opposite to Ob's policies.

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Permalink Reply by Nikki on January 22, 2013 at 10:13am

Of course they are trying to save face and cover their asses. And technically he wasn't "thrown off" stage but was escorted off and there are videos all over the net today to back that up. The last thing they support is free speech. Whoever is responsible for inviting Fiasco will never this down. I almost feel sorry for them.