M.I.A. Addresses Being Cut From Kid Cudi’s Tour, Claims He Never Met Her Attempts to Talk: ‘It Was Kind of Crazy’
Categoria: Musica
The "Paper Planes" rapper shares how she found out she was booted from the trek in her first interview since she was let go.
Por Billboard | 05/06/2026
M.I.A. was booted from Kid Cudi ‘s Rebel Ragers Tour in May. Weeks later, she filed a lawsuit against Cudi seeking more than $2.8 million. Related Kid Cudi Boots M.I.A. From His Tour After Her Political Rants: ‘I Won’t Have Someone on My Tour Making Offensive Remarks’ M.I.A. Responds to Being Removed From Kid Cudi’s Tour Over ‘Offensive Remarks’: ‘Do Not Gaslight My Words’ M.I.A. Sues Kid Cudi for $2.8M After He Fired Her From Rebel Rangers Tour: ‘He Knew Her Politics’ Now, the “Paper Planes” rapper is telling her side of the story, as she joined The New York Times’ Popcast for her first interview detailing what led to her dismissal from opening on the trek. M.I.A. claimed she never even spoke to Cudi about being removed from the tour despite making attempts to communicate with the “Pursuit of Happiness” rapper. She said she actually found out about through her son, who saw Cudi’s statement announcing M.I.A. was gone. “He didn’t even speak to me about it,” she began. “He didn’t call my management, he didn’t call me, he didn’t talk to the crew and I even made an effort to go and talk to him and he didn’t see me. Yeah, it was kind of crazy. My son is like, ‘Hey, I heard you’re not on the tour.'” M.I.A. continued: “That’s how I found out, from a different state and my son called me from school. I was like, ‘What are you talking about?’ And then he sent me the post.” In early May, M.I.A. made controversial statements during rants surrounding her political allegiances and illegal immigration during her performances. In fan captured videos, she could be heard being booed during her set at the Dallas show. “I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter,” she said, per Variety . M.I.A. claimed during a set in a separate instance: “All right, I’m illegal. Half my team are not here because they didn’t get the visa. OK, I want you to know that. Don’t listen to what the bots say on the internet.” Cudi released a statement on May 4 explaining that he’d heard enough feedback from his fans and was pulling the plug on having M.I.A. open on his tour. He also claimed that he had his team warn M.I.A.’s management before the start of the trek that he didn’t want anything controversial during her performances. The Sri Lankan-British artist explained what she felt what wrong, as M.I.A. believed there was a miscommunication since Cudi fans weren’t familiar with her music. A viral clip centered around her talking about playing her 2010 song “Illygirl” seemed to light the fuse for controversy. “I was like, ‘Oh, we can’t do that,'” she told Popcast when skipping over playing through “Illygirl.” “I was like,