M.I.A. Dropped from music festival after ‘Black Lives Matter’ comments

  • 8 years ago
Rapper M.I.A. will no longer headline the Afropunk Festival in London, England, this year following controversial statements she made about the “Black Lives Matter” movement.
“Is Beyoncé or Kendrick Lamar going to say Muslim Lives Matter?
Or Syrian Lives Matter?
Or this kid in Pakistan matters?”
the British rapper said.

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