After August Alsina‘s inaugural appearance at the 2016 American Music Awards last Sunday (November 20), the R&B singer was left hurt and confused. During the live performance of the Major Key track “Do You Mind” with DJ Khaled, Nicki Minaj, Future, and Rick Ross, Alsina experienced technical difficulties with his microphone, but to the viewers, it looked like he was lip-syncing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7WIxfJBjRg
Initially, it seemed as if he was able to shrug it off, but according to a recent Instagram post, he’s clearly still upset. Alsina says he learned his mic’s audio was purposely nixed. The post features a screenshot of a text message thread from an unidentified person alleging the AMA tech staff was given instructions not to run his mic to live television.
“Woke up to this message,” the caption begins. “This Has bothered my spirit for the longest time, I’m more confused than yesterday. Is it because I’m new and that was my first introduction to the AMA world? Is it because I’m black and you don’t know what to expect ? Is it because of my past that you may be trying to bind me to ? Or Is this pure hate and just to rob me of a moment? To make people think I’m lip syncing as if I’m not even a person who tries!”
Read the full post above.
“Is it because I’m black and you don’t know what to expect?”… So the other artists he was performing with wasn’t blacc? Future & Ross def darker than his dum azz. Niccaz be sounding dumb. Then he says this: “Is it because of my past that you may be trying to bind me to?”… They wouldn’t let your song bang if they wanted to bind ur gay azz as he puts it. Dum nicca, certified fuccboy for the “is it cuz I’m blacc” comment tho.
What else is he gonna think??? He’s the innocent one here I don’t know why you’re taking jabs at him. What’s wrong with you. Can’t you see he’s hurts, you heartless. He thought he could have a moment but it got taken away from him. He is underrated and that’s fact
You for you guys who think August is stupid and I’m not taking up for him but you guys are stupid for the degrading him look around look what days we are in look at the president elect you guys better wake up Or you will never get the big picture what they can’t control what they don’t know so they would do anything in their power to make a black man looks stupid wake up America
I think it’s cuz he’s black…smh
This idiot is fucking terrible, shut up and sit down you pussy
Well, it looked to me that all of them was lip-singing or singing/rapping over the track, with the exception of Nikki’s rapping part and Khaled screaming in the mic.