Cancel culture is rampant in 2022, just as it’s been for the last several years. One foul tweet from 10 years ago can result in a permanently tarnished reputation and, as seen with DaBaby in July 2021, plenty of lost revenue. But Diddy wants cancel culture to end. Speaking to Billboard at a press junket in Beverly Hills last week, the Bad Boy mogul explained why he insisted both Travis Scott and controversial county singer Morgan Wallen perform at the 2022 Billboard Awards, which he’s executive producing and hosting.
“As a music family, none of us are saints; none of us are without things that happen to them in life, so one of the things I’m doing directly is un-canceling the canceled,” he said. “That’s breaking news because people haven’t been about un-canceling. But canceling is a trend that needs to stop.”
He added, “My brother Travis Scott has to perform. Travis went through a tragedy; Morgan [hurled the n-word] while talking to his boy. People make mistakes. Now we’re moving on with love and respect for everybody that was hurt or affected. It’s time to forgive.”
Travis Scott faced an onslaught backlash in November 2021 after 10 people died in a stampede at the Astroworld Festival in Houston. Some people accused Scott of being responsible for their deaths after he continued to perform even after seeing ambulances make their way through the crowd. Scott, however, maintained he had no idea how dire the situation was and said he was devastated by the events that transpired.
Meanwhile, Morgan Wallen was “canceled” in 2021 after he was recorded saying the “N-word.” Consequently, he was dropped by his management company, suspended by his label and had his songs banned by radio stations. He soon issued a statement addressing the controversy, saying, “I’m embarrassed and sorry. I used an unacceptable and inappropriate racial slur that I wish I could take back. There are no excuses to use this type of language, ever. I want to sincerely apologize for using the word. I promise to do better.”
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In December 2021, Wallen teamed up with Lil Durk for the song “Broadway Girls” and accompanying video. It has since racked up over 37 million YouTube views. As for the 2022 BBMAs, the ceremony airs on Sunday (May 15) from the MMG Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
Diddy does some corny stuff but not this time
He’s been on some positivity for about 10-12 years. He’s done a lot of dirt, hurt people, but he seems to be trying to move different now
Being cancelled is fake news. Do stupid shit, expect consequences.
Your mom is fake news
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Just because you forgive the colonizer doesn’t mean you have to help him keep winning. Especially since 1) his career never needed help from you negros, and 2) Big Head Rico Puff cost Dre a billion dollars.
Lol this is like one blsht after another.
his career needed help from god.
Puff after all had a similar situation back in the day at City College!
people died at a Travis Scott and his team played clueless. The worst thing he’s suffered is pulling out of a couple festivals. That’s lightwork considering people actually died at an event you proudly claim to own and run.
After Morgan Wallen hurled racial slurs his streams went up. His ticket sales went up. His white fans came out on social platforms and TV stations and defended him. IMMEDIATELY.
He lost his SNL guest slot, but that’s it. SNL is overrated, even by white people.
Same with Chappelle. Chappelle has never been more popular, more in-demand or made more money. No matter how many LGBTQIA slurs and jokes he tells, his supporters keep his pockets lined and sponsors stay. Netflix execs stuck by Chappelle even while some of their own employees walked off the job in protest.
Cancelling doesn’t work if your fan base doesn’t care about who you offend or hurt. Cancel Culture has always been people complaining that there should never be any negative consequences to anything they say or do wrong or offensive.
And for some of them, they’re right. Especially when people like Diddy keep coming to their aid.
Go let your butt hurt somewhere else bitch
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Lmao “he faced a tragedy”, he had a hand in killing ten people and then hid. That J.Cole slap messed up Diddy’s head worse then imagined.
if his ‘brother’ travis made a mistake, let him tell the victims why he’s got an entire legal team to get him out of paying people that supported his creepy ass and died while doing it. Stupid ass diddy got pen!s clouding his judgements. Uncancel bill cosby too diddy??? And all them rnb rapist creeps??? FOH
it is no secret sean lives for that dollar.
Yea he has no power f**k those ppl and Diddy lol