Well, at least this time I found out about the cancellation the day before, and not hours before the show, like last time. Or the day of, like the time before that.
I drove my ass downtown, drove around looking for a parking space for about a half hour, parked illegally on private property, (good thing I didn’t get a ticket) only to be told that it had been cancelled. I had just called hours earlier. There was no other way to get tickets than to physically go to the one store in HRM that had them for sale and pay cash. On a BEAUTIFUL DAY I might add. What a waste of time and energy.
Jesus fucking Christ Halifax, this is getting ridiculous. Who do I have to sleep with to go to a hip hop show around here? This brings the tally to 4 in a row. Four hip hop shows in a row that I was eagerly anticipating, that got cancelled last minute.
I saw this one coming. I mean come on, the artist in question raps about his past as a crack dealer frequently. Surprise surprise he doesn’t get into the country. Know why? A drug charge from 1998. If I could see this coming, promoters should have too. That didn’t stop the guy at the store from telling me it wasn’t their fault, though.
Promoters, it’s time accept the fact that even though they let guys like Keith Richards in our country, rap artists with criminal records will be denied unless they are super duper famous and/or can afford to pay a million dollar deposit at the border, as I was told another, much more popular hip hop artist did. You can’t blame the border patrol for being cautious, even though a 13 year old charge is kind of a ridiculous reason to be denied entry, in my opinion.
I’m sure I’m not the only hip hop fan who’s fed up. —Still Moving to Boston
This article appears in Jun 30 – Jul 6, 2011.
What were they charged with? Murder? Drug trafficking? Abuse? Assault? Theft? If you like the con-artist so much, go see their show across the border.
don’tcha just fucking love halifax, o.p?
Shows what a fucking idiot he is – he could’ve put on his application that he was Keith Richards dealer!
Super duper famous – how old are you kiddie winks?
Halifax is a rock city, not a hip-hop or rap city, if you want those kind of shit shows you’re gong to have to travel OP…. m/
Hmmm. The border police won’t let a man with a criminal record, who embraces and promotes the gangster lifestyle, across the border. Music is a powerful medium OP, I can’t say I’m losing any sleep over this.
Gangsterism is a very anti-social behavior to an ordered society sort of like extreme religious fundamentalism.
So if an extremist musician who wants to sing about his jihad against the west tries to get into the country, he/she probably won’t get in either if it makes you feel any better OP.
Ooooh this must be Tommy. The only thing I’ll pick at about your post is driving around for half an hour to find a spot on private property…. soa nawt kewl. People park in my god damn driveway all the time and I can’t even tell you what I’ll do to the next person who does it or else I won’t get away with it. ANYWAY, I took my car downtown for a part of the day (I do feel guilty because I live so close :() and had no trouble getting a spot…just like any other time I’ve driven downtown. Stop circling the same blocks looking for a spot right in front of the door. Park farther away, who cares? You said, it, it was nice out. A ten minute walk won’t kill ya darlin’. But, I do hope your hip hop dreams will come true one of these days <3
“I’m sure I’m not the only hip hop fan who’s fed up.”
likely not… but you’ll be hard pressed to find the other 4 or 5 people who are.
“Halifax is a rock city” … … yeah … whatever lewseur …
Ugh, ok, this bitch really has nothing to do with hip hop. It has to do with promoters being morons. So comments like this:
“Halifax is a rock city, not a hip-hop or rap city, if you want those kind of shit shows you’re gong to have to travel OP…. m/”
Are totally irrelevant. The show could have been booked for Montreal, Toronto, wherever, he wasn’t allowed in the country. Read the bitch.
Obviously they sold enough tickets or the show would have been cancelled sooner. I’ve been to a few shows that were absolutely packed. Nas, Method Man & Redman, Naughty By Nature, are some of the ones I’ve personally been to, there have been more that have also been successful that I did not attend. The demand is NOT, I repeat NOT the problem.
In response to: “Hmmm. The border police won’t let a man with a criminal record, who embraces and promotes the gangster lifestyle, across the border. Music is a powerful medium OP, I can’t say I’m losing any sleep over this.
Gangsterism is a very anti-social behavior to an ordered society sort of like extreme religious fundamentalism.”
Do you even know who the artist in question is? I’d bet that you don’t and you’re making assumptions that he “embraces and promotes the gangster lifestyle.” For the record he does not. If he did, his most recent charge wouldn’t be 13 years ago, genius.
And the music being powerful shit is a bullshit argument because anyone who goes to his show has obviously already heard his music regardless if he gets in the country or not.
secondly, here is an exert from my bitch which, if you had read and retained would have stopped you from making your comment.
“You can’t blame the border patrol for being cautious, even though a 13 year old charge is kind of a ridiculous reason to be denied entry, in my opinion. “
You’re right, I don’t expect them to let people with records across the border. I would say maybe they’ll let him slide for a 13 year old charge, but I wouldn’t blame them for denying him entry. In other words I wouldn’t count on it, like these idiot promoters did.
My point is that these promoters should have picked a safer artist. I knew this was going to happen, they should have too. My beef is not with border patrol, it’s not their fault. These promoters should be learning from their mistakes but they just keep making them over and over again.
And ZZZ just fuck off with that ridiculous statement!!! like I said there have been numerous successful hip hop shows here, stop talking about shit you know nothing about.
I love how many trolls come out of the woodwork when hip hop gets brought up. I swear I’ve never seen half of you on here before. Go ahead assholes! Let’s see if we can get this one published, too.
Let’s not turn this into another stupid argument about what is and isn’t music and who is and isn’t an artist.
easy big fella
Forgive me for being passionate in my hated for ignorance and bigotry, PG. I read bitches before I comment, my fault for assuming everyone else would have the sense to do that, too. Idiots.
What? Pork Pie, I’m 24. I can’t say super duper? You’re no fun…
I think you were trying to imply that all hip hop fans are teens and pre teens, hip hop has been around for 3 or 4 generations now, the fucking president of the USA, the most powerful man on earth listens to Lil Wayne and Ludacris. Get with it.
The thing about it is if you have enough money, fame and connections border patrol will let you over, so it bugs me that they claim to have our best interests/safety at heart.
This guy, who, by the way, is an artist who goes by the name of Freeway, if anyone was wondering, is no more dangerous than say Lil Wayne, who has more recent gun charges on his record, but Lil Wayne is a multi-platinum superstar so he gets in. It’s bullshit no matter which way you look at it.
Either don’t let anyone in or let them all in, this is why promoters have no consistent criteria to go on when booking artists.
These same idiots who claim no one likes hip hop around here are the ones complaining about constant cars driving by playing loud hip hop music. It’s obviously popular.
lol it was drugs seb, read the bitch. He’s not a con artist, he’s a rap artist, lol ur funny. I will eventually go see him one day, outside of Canada apparently, he is one of my very favorite artists, that’s why it sucks to be teased like that.
it’s otay tommy, i apologized to the boyos for being kunty today…too many oblivitrons for my liking…roooooo
lol you? kunty? never! For the record the “easy big fella” made me chuckle. You’ve seen my wrath.
wrath is fine, just avoid the envy and greed^^
None of that over, PG. So this is supposedly the most read bitch right now. Mofuckas is scared to comment, methinks. Test me bitchers!!! I got a half hour to kill!
And since Just Mel wants to nit pick, The store was closing soon, a 10 minute walk would have meant no tickets, which would have made no difference in light of the show being cancelled, but at the time I didn’t know that, so I parked in that small gravel lot down on.. whatever that street between Hollis and Barrington is called by Mountain Equipment Co Op. That’s a good little spot if you can get in and out quick enough.
I even got a tweet from the artist the day before that he was coming!!!! Such a let down. But like I said I saw it coming, that’s why it pissed me off that the people putting on the show didn’t. People travel from all over the Maritimes for these shows believe it or not. I guess I should be glad I’m not them. I probably won’t bother buying tickets for the next show and this kind of shit is really detrimental to the scene. We’re fed up.
Ouch, I really got flamed there TJ!
Yeah, I did jump to a conclusion concerning the artist in question. I didn`t know who it was but since it was a rap artist, I assumed he was some sort of criminal or associated with the gangsta lifestyle or promotes it. My mistake.
I understand your post was more about the promoters and the inconsistency of who the border people will let in. My angle was more about whether or not the border police should let an artist who represents a criminal lifestyle into the country. Didn`t apply in this case.
I personally have nothing against hip hop or rap as music. I do have issues with the profanity and the misogynism with some of the rap songs.
“since it was a rap artist, I assumed he was some sort of criminal or associated with the gangsta lifestyle or promotes it. “
And rock and roll is all about shooting heroin and fucking groupies, right? Nice assumptions…
Who was the act, Jules?
Good on you for coming back to admit your short sightedness Troodon, much respect, you could’ve just faded into cyberspace never to be seen again.
Maybe the border patrol also jumped to that conclusion.
Guy by the name of Freeway, Donair, you familiar? He’s one of my very favorite artists because he’s very unique in his voice and delivery and flow and isn’t a sellout.
He used to be signed to Jay-Z’s Roc-A-Fella Records in the late 90s/early 2000s, but then that all fell apart, as does every hip hop dynasty, eventually.
oh tommy…
“And ZZZ just fuck off with that ridiculous statement!!! like I said there have been numerous successful hip hop shows here, stop talking about shit you know nothing about.”
If there have been… then STOP YOUR FUCKING BITCHING
were you this up in arms when ‘Dog’ canceled? geez.