Lupe Fiasco, Thrown Off Stage At Inaugural Concert

Barack Obama , Video, Fighter Interactive, Kelli Jo, Matt Dornic, StartUp RockOn, EventfarLupe Fiasco reportedly created a bit of a row on Sunday by insulting President Obama during an inaugural event. Although Fiasco was booked as the headliner for the StartUp RockOn concert in celebration of Obama's reelection, the 30-year-old Chicago rapper apparently had no plans to cheer the current administration. Instead, after taking the stage at The Hamilton in Washington, he reportedly announced that he didn't vote for the president in the 2012 election and spent more than 30 minutes performing an anti-war song. Josh Rogin, staff writer for The Cable, described the encounter: Josh Rogin @joshrogin Josh Rogin So Lupe played one anti-war song for 30 min and said he didn't vote for Obama and eventually was told to move on to the next song. January 21, 2013 5:08 am via TweetDeck Reply Retweet Favorite Josh Rogin @joshrogin Josh Rogin Lupe refused to move to the next song so a team of security guards came on stage and told him to go. January 21, 2013 5:09 am via TweetDeck Reply Retweet Favorite Matt Dornic, senior director of public relations for CNN, also posted a tweet describing the concert's unexpected turn of events: Matt Dornic @mdornic Matt Dornic Things going terribly wrong at @lupefiasco performance during #SURO. Kicked off stage, bashing obama. January 21, 2013 4:38 am via Twitter for BlackBerry® Reply Retweet Favorite Kelli Jo, a new media training manager at the New <b>...</b>
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Lupe Fiasco, Thrown Off Stage At Inaugural Concert