Jigga Should Just Say “F*ck Glastonbury”
As the uproar over Jay’s inclusion on Glastonbury continue to pour in, the organizers have been eager to defend their choice of headliner.
Emily Eavis, one of the organizers, came out swinging in an Independent newspaper column:
“There is an interesting undercurrent in the suggestion that a black U.S. hip-hop artist shouldn’t be playing in front of what many perceive to be a white, middle-class audience,” she wrote in Tuesday’s Independent newspaper.
“I’m not sure what to call it, at least not in public, but this is something that causes me some disquiet.
“Maybe what the critics have really revealed is something about attitudes that are still all too prevalent in Britain: an innate instinct to go back to base and play safe. An innate conservatism, a stifling reluctance to try something different.” [Source: Reuters]
I don’t know how they can fault Jay for poor ticket sales. Sheeit, we had John Legend as one of the top performers at the Houston Rodeo, a heavily country music event. That went just fine. This one’s beyond me. I think it’s an insult to so-called white, middle-class audience to flat out assume that they wouldn’t be interested in seeing a great musical performance, simply because it’s different from what they consider the norm.
