{"id":773259,"date":"2026-05-04T19:45:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773259\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:45:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T19:45:45","slug":"kid-cudi-drops-m-i-a-from-tour-after-offensive-remarks-as-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/773259\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid Cudi Drops M.I.A. From Tour After &#8216;Offensive Remarks&#8217; as Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I\u2019ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing,&#8221; Cudi says<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/kid-cudi\/\" id=\"auto-tag_kid-cudi\" data-tag=\"kid-cudi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kid Cudi<\/a> has dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/m-i-a\/\" id=\"auto-tag_m-i-a\" data-tag=\"m-i-a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">M.I.A.<\/a> from his Rebel Ragers Tour after she made \u201coffensive remarks\u201d while serving as opener at a recent gig.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAt a May 2 tour stop at Dallas\u2019 Dos Equis Pavilion, M.I.A. told the crowd, \u201cI\u2019ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/kid-cudi-fires-m-i-a-tour-republican-rant-1236736864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Variety reports<\/a>. The rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Fauxmoi\/comments\/1t3h4jb\/mia_gets_booed_at_kid_cudi_concert_in_dallas_for\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">added<\/a> that she wouldn\u2019t perform her song \u201cIllegal\u201d because \u201cthere\u2019s probably one in the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tM.I.A.\u2019s rants drew criticism from fans who came to see Kid Cudi\u2019s tour, leading the rapper to announce Monday that M.I.A. had been dropped from her support slot for the remainder of the trek.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cTOUR UPDATE: M.I.A is no longer on this tour,\u201d Kid Cudi wrote on social media. \u201cI told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn\u2019t want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-lazy-image__img lrv-u-background-color-grey-lightest lrv-u-width-100p lrv-u-display-block lrv-u-height-auto\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/themes\/vip\/pmc-rollingstone-2022\/assets\/public\/lazyload-fallback.gif\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-04-at-10.22.22-AM.png\" alt=\"\" data-lazy- data-lazy- height=\"1024\" width=\"716\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tKid Cudi continued, \u201cAfter the last couple shows, I\u2019ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing and I wont have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase. Thank you for understanding. Rager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tM.I.A., who recently released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mia-seventh-studio-album-mi7-release-1235548896\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">her new album M.I.7,<\/a> has not yet commented on her dismissal. The rapper has been candid about her polarizing politics in recent years, from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/mia-covid-19-vaccine-unfounded-doubts-1234611165\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">spreading misinformation about the Covid-19 vaccine<\/a> to selling a line of anti-5G clothing via The Alex Jones Show to supporting Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe Rebel Ragers Tour continues Wednesday in Atlanta, presumably with a new opener.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;I\u2019ve been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. 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