MIA says she won't play Afropunk festival after Black Lives Matter comments

Rapper faced boycott of London event following comments made to the Evening Standard, saying ‘I’ve been told to stay in my lane’MIA says she will no longer play her headline slot at the inaugural Afropunk festival in London. The news follows threats to boycott the event after the musician commented on the Black Lives Matter movement. In an interview with the Evening Standard in April, MIA suggested that there is too much focus in the US on the Black Lives Matter movement, and...

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