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Lupe Fiasco continued to stand up against the status quo on Sunday (January 20) during his performance at an inaugural concert. As widely reported, the outspoken rapper was kicked off stage after spitting anti-Obama lyrics.
Lupe headlined at the StartUp RockOn concert in celebration of Obama's second term in Washington, D.C. Instead of celebrating, he took the opportunity to bash him, performing his anti-war single, "Words I Never Said."
When asked to move on to the next song, he didn't comply, so security told him to leave the stage.
"Things going terribly wrong at @lupefiasco performance during #SURO . Kicked off stage, bashing obama," tweeted CNN's Matt Dornic (@mdornic). "#SURO slammed by @lupefiasco's nonstop, anti-obama rap. Corporate sponsors scurrying."
Hypervocal, which co-founded StartUp RockOn, denied that Lupe was asked to leave for his anti-Obama rant. "This was not about his opinions," said the organization in a statement. "Instead, after a bizarrely repetitive, jarring performance that left the crowd vocally dissatisfied, organizers decided to move on to the next act."
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