Wale Turns Down Gay Pride Performance 03:00PM ET May 21, 2010 Contributor : Hip Hop Blog Staff A Rocky Williform Company
Wale has angered Washington D.C.'s LGBT community after canceling a performance at the upcoming DC Black Pride festival.
Wale was supposed to be the headlining performer on Sunday, May 30th during the gay-friendly event but recently cancelled sparking the ire of DC Black Pride board member Earl Fowlkes.
''Basically we had an agreement, and we were very clear to the different parties and agents involved that this was an LGBT event,'' Fowlkes told the D.C. Metro Weekly. ''What happened is that when the first blast went out that Wale was going to be at Black Pride he got cold feet, and his agent first said Wale wasn't available because he had to do family stuff. Then we got another e-mail saying he didn't know what kind of event this was when he agreed to it.''
Wale's camp is singing a different tune.
"All of the facts of the event were not disclosed with the offer and therefore, he feels mislead and regretfully declines," says NUE Agency CEO and Wale talent agent Jesse Kirshbaum.
It could be that when Wale read DC Black Pride he assumed it meant something completely different than what will transpire at the end of the month.
Whose side are you on?
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Wale has angered Washington D.C.'s LGBT community after canceling a performance at the upcoming DC Black Pride festival.
