Kid Cudi is severing ties with M.I.A. after she was booed during her opening set on his Rebel Ragers Tour stop in Dallas, Texas.
“I told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn’t want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood,” the rapper, 42, said via his Instagram Stories on Monday, May 4. “After the last couple shows, I’ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants.”
He continued, “This, to me, is very disappointing, and I won’t have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase. Thank you for understanding. Rager.”
The announcement from Kid Cudi (real name Scott Ramon Seguro Mescudi) comes just two days after M.I.A. (real name Mathangi Arulpragasam) sparked backlash over a now-viral rant during their stop at Dos Equis Pavilion.
“I’ve been canceled for many reasons,” the “Paper Planes” hitmaker, 50, told the crowd on Saturday, May 2. “I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter.” She also said during her set, “I can’t do ‘Illegal,’ though some of you could be in the audience.”
Kid Cudi will now perform alongside openers Big Boi, A-Trak, me n ü and Dot Da Genius.
Fans continued to sound off on M.I.A.’s remarks after clips were shared via TikTok capturing the show’s attendees booing and doing thumbs down gestures, with some defending the singer and arguing that she shouldn’t be “silenced.”
“I wrote illygal on the Maya LP a song from 2010,” M.I.A. wrote via X on Monday, responding to the drama, “I started this intro to the song with the statement saying I’m illygal, and I said my team hasn’t gotten visas yet. Then played a song that had lyrics saying ‘Fu&% the law,’ which I still believe, if the law is unjust f@%& it.”
She continued, “Do not gaslight my words. That is the work of satan.”
The musician also responded to a tweet suggesting she voted for President Donald Trump.
“Don’t be an agent of division, I can’t vote in the US, and 48% of Latin community voted trump,” M.I.A. replied. “So are you going to hate them all?”
