Rod Wave has decided to take a step back from music after fans seemingly had a negative reaction to his tour being cancelled.
Just moments before he was scheduled to hit the stage in Nashville for his Last Lap Tour on Tuesday (January 28), ticketholders received notice the show was cancelled.
“Unfortunately, Rod Wave is unable to perform tonight,” the venue wrote on social media. “The show is being postponed to a later date. More details to follow.”
The show was already a rescheduled date from December – which unsurprisingly let to some very frustrated fans. Shortly afterward, the entirety of the rest of the tour was also cancelled, causing Rod to speak out amid the commentary he was receiving and announce he is taking a hiatus.
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“To all my real fans thank you and I love you and I hope all the shit we been through you finally heal,” he wrote.
“To the rest of yall drag my name talk about me like a dog constantly speaking on me bashing me and what make me happy I dont fw you to the real fans that love me thank you this ain’t goodbye it’s simply see u later keep your head up and remember long as you got music your [sic] not alone… Till we meet again.”
He also revealed plans to “travel, see the world, find love, raise kids ,prolly go back to school.”
Last year, Ari Lennox called out Rod Wave for not coming to her defense after she experienced “evil” and “racist” treatment while opening for him on a previous tour.
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The Dreamville singer was reacting to a video of Flo Milli flipping out after being hit with a shoe from the crowd while performing on Gunna‘s Bittersweet Tour in Columbus, Ohio.
“Flo Milli I’m sorry this happened to you,” she wrote on her Instagram Story. “You are a beautiful and incredibly talented woman. Some of these people can be so damn cruel.”
Lennox then revisited her own traumatic time on Rod Wave’s 2023 Nostalgia Tour, which culminated in her being pelted with a bottle from the audience during a show, and called out the SoulFly star for failing to speak up for her.
“Maybe I could’ve gotten over some of Rod Wave’s evil, racist and demonic fans, but what made it even worse is Rod saying nothing in my defense. Privately or publicly,” she said. “The only reason we met was because we ran into each in a Hotel Lobby after constant efforts of me trying to share my gratefulness for the opportunity.
“I never had issues with fans being violent or evil towards me while opening up for legendary singers and legendary hip hop acts. Those were some of the best tours of my life and really taught me how to sing better. I’m use[d] to men rarely defending me publicly, but it was a triggering experiencing nonetheless.”
After acknowledging that her “abandonment issues” means she “take[s] rejection a lot harder than the usual person,” the R&B star continued: “I was so blessed to be protected and spoiled by Dreamville on those tours. I didn’t know how easy I had it. And I’m also aware that half of the mess I end up in I’m solely responsible for. Doesn’t make the disrespect feel good or valid.
“To protect my peace I will never open up for a soul again. STOP disrespecting openers. STOP creating excuses as to why these openers get violated on stage ‘maybe she shouldn’t have been on that tour’? This makes the disrespect and violence to Black women valid? Headliners, protect your openers.”
