quote:A concert by the US rapper Travis Scott at the Giza pyramids has been banned by the Egyptian Musicians Syndicate after an online campaign against the hip-hop heavyweight.
International music stars often perform at the base of Egypt’s famed pyramids near the capital, Cairo, and the powerful musicians union rarely opposes such events. However, in recent years, it has spearheaded a fight against musical genres deemed improper in Egypt with rap a frequent target.
quote:The musicians syndicate, which oversees all matters relating to live or recorded music in the Arab world’s most populous nation, said in a statement on Tuesday that Scott’s concert would “go against our traditions”.
The union said it does not intervene in any musical performances so long as they “do not undermine the ancestral customs and traditions of the Egyptian people”.
Are they going to try to get everyone who subscribes to a so-called "Afrocentric" opinion about ancient Egypt banned from the country? I know there are hoteps who can be annoying or downright nasty, but it's not like Travis Scott is even necessarily going to bring up the ancient Egyptian topic issue while touring there. He's going there to perform music.
Posted by Shebitku (Member # 23742) on :
Im sure he can't sleep over this travesty!
I can only imagine that he's trying to find Ja Rule so that he can make sense of all this
