Talib Kweli Curses Out Safety Backstage & Calls for O2 Manchester Apology

Veteran rapper Talib Kweli was concerned in a hellfire-heated trade with safety guards backstage at his Black Star live performance final Saturday — and TMZ Hip Hop has the explosive trade all on tape!!!

The scene opens with Kweli barking on the high of his lungs at a bunch of males backstage, demanding they inform him “Who the f*** they think they are!!!”

Based on the sounds of the argument, Kweli was royally pissed off that safety guards had walked onto the stage 1 minute previous the 11PM curfew to cease the present, and was upping the bass in his voice in direction of anybody who tried to calm him down!!!

Kweli cursed out one stagehand to the purpose that the man walked away along with his tail tucked between his legs, because the onlookers cheered and jeered.

The BK rapper then turned his consideration to a Black safety guard, urging that their crew would not have pulled such a stunt on a White artist, labeling all the ordeal past disrespectful.

One other guard entered the convo, just for Kweli to scream, “STFU,” forcing that man to retreat for the hills!!!

In the meantime, the onlookers had been completely unserious within the second — they began rapping the refrain to Black Star’s “Definition” single, egging Kweli on additional.

Talib Kweli defined the scenario to TMZ Hip Hop in his personal phrases, with no regret for the result … “Black Star was on the O2 Manchester venue at 8:30PM for a 9PM set time, with an agreed to 11PM curfew. At 8:50PM the venue determined to push the present time again to 9:15PM with none enter from Black Star, which made us finish the present later than deliberate. At precisely 10:58PM as Black Star was performing our ultimate track for the evening, I witnessed venue workers on the facet of the stage, harassing Black Star workers in regards to the 11PM curfew.

At precisely 11PM, as Black Star was saying good evening to the group, (we had accomplished our final track by then) somebody from the venue got here onto our stage to chastise us and demand we go away the stage. That is very disrespectful and never customary. You do not stroll on an artist’s stage throughout a present. I am positive they’d not have handled a white, UK artist this fashion, particularly after we hadn’t disrespected the curfew in any respect.

After I got here off stage, I requested to talk to the person who got here on the stage. I used to be as a substitute greeted by aggressive safety guards who started to disrespect me instantly, so I argued with them and held them accountable for the way they handled us as visitors who helped the venue make cash. O2 Manchester known as safety on their foremost act for the evening to implement us leaving the stage at 11PM, though we had been already within the technique of leaving the stage at that actual time.

Fan accounts and all different accounts moreover the venue, who has lied about their disrespect and refused to apologize, will again my account up. The one purpose we even got here near the curfew is as a result of the venue pushed the present again, not us. Even when we had gone over the curfew (we didn’t), there are protocols in place for this situation. If the venue feels the artist must be instructed one thing whereas performing, they’re to ask artist managers to relay the message, not simply stroll on stage throughout our present. If a situation presents itself the place the artist continues to be going over curfew after being warned, then you definately nice the artist.

What you’re by no means imagined to do is stroll on stage in the course of the present. You might be additionally by no means imagined to name safety on the artist. The safety is meant to be defending the artist, not treating the artist like some unwelcome legal. O2 Manchester owes Black Star, Black Star administration and Black Star followers an apology for the best way they handled us.”

Nonetheless, some followers are claiming it is them who’re owed the apology. Kweli and his Black Star cohort, Yasiin Bey — AKA Mos Def — had been throughout the pond to have a good time 30 years as a bunch however the reunion did not seem like a blast for all ticketholders.

The group was booed at their November 11 present for hitting the stage late and Mos Def primarily instructed the group, “Don’t get hit where you’re split!!!”