We reported earlier this week that McDonald's cancelled a Chicago appearance by Twista on its McDonalds Live tour for fear of angering people over his lyrics. The MC spoke out in a statement last night:
I am very disappointed by McDonald's decision to cancel my participation in the McDonald's Live Tour. Being that McDonald's and I have worked together in the past, it was unsettling that I would be removed from the tour after undergoing the planning process and receiving assurances from McDonald's on multiple occasions that I would appear on the tour.
The recent trend of finger-pointing, and playing the blame game with certain media outlets and certain individuals needs to stop...
We live in a society that advocates free speech. You want free speech? You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then our country's symbol has to be one of its citizens exercising their right to stand up and shout at the top of their lungs using words and telling stories that capture the reality of their day-to-day lives...
Not bad Twist. Not bad.
