Lil Wayne canceled his appearance at Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival on Saturday night after refusing to go through a police checkpoint.
In a tweet announcing his cancelation, Wayne explained: “To all my fans who came to see me at Rolling Loud, I’m sorry but I won’t be performing. The Festival Police (Not Rolling Loud) made it mandatory that I had to be policed and checked to get on the stadium grounds. I do not and will not ever settle for being policed to do my job and give you guys a great show.”
In a follow-up tweet, Lil Wayne said he still planned to appear at a Rolling Loud afterparty on Saturday night. He also reminded fans that they can see him on tour with Blink-182 this summer.
Yesterday, Rolling Loud was briefly interrupted following reports of an active shooter on site. Though it was ultimately determined to be a false alarm, several festival-goers were injured in a stampede towards the exits. Meanwhile, earlier today Kodak Black was arrested on federal weapons charges prior to his own scheduled set at the festival.
To all my fans who came to see me at Rolling Loud, I’m sorry but I won’t be performing. The Festival Police (Not Rolling Loud) made it mandatory that I had to be policed and checked to get on the stadium grounds. I do not and will not ever settle for being policed to do my job
Advertisement— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 12, 2019
and give you guys a great show. I will be at Story tonight for the afterparty and you kan katch me on tour with my bros Blink 182 this summer! 🤙🏾
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) May 12, 2019