Free 50 Cent Queens Concert Canceled

The controversial free Family Day concert scheduled for tomorrow inside a Jamaica public schoolyard, organized by 50 Cent, has been postponed. 50 was originally supposed to put on a secret performance, but was downgraded to just making an appearance after fears arose of chaos or violence at the site close to where the rapper was shot multiple times in 2000. His manager told the Post, "We are postponing it and working it out with police." After Mayor Bloomberg got involved and made a point that 50 would not be performing, the rapper Q-Tip recently spoke out against the mayor and has been tweeting to his followers, telling them not to re-elect the mayor and saying that the idea that the concert would invite violence was "just an old way of thinking about folk, especially black folk. Tip told MTV, "[Bloomberg is] not right for the spirit of the city. 50 Cent is a success story we all should applaud. However you feel about him, you can't deny him." Maybe the show's sponsor, Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, can just convince 50 to adopt-a-highway, putting the G-Unit back into the Gowanus Expressway.

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By Billy Parker in Arts and Events on August 29, 2009 5:15 PM

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astralgirl01

I'm more concerned about Gothamist's apparent lack of concern about the increase of highly racist comments on the site... who is NOT managing this?

GREGORYABUTLER

Typical racism - every time Black people try to do something, we're accused of being "violent"!

Disgusting!

T

Fine, don't take my advice then.

T

Snoopy, don't embarrass yourself anymore than necessary to maintain your "ignorant, angry guy" persona.

Snoopy

Which branch of the "T" family you come from Ice T or Mr. T?

Go back in your pimped out Escalade and turn up the volume of your 84 speaker stereo system. Because when you talk very few people want to listen to you.

Snoopy

"you'd see that it is the largest and fastest growing CULTURE in the world-"

Wrong. I believe street gang CULTURE is growing faster. I'm not sure which will make the world safer and more entertaining, but I'm sure you do.

Espiazul

There may be many technical reasons and safety considerations as to why this show shouldn't have gone on. However, what I'm reading in these responses shouldn't be any of them.

You are showing your prejudices- all of you. You are showing your ignorance and proving that the old guard remains to be wiped out. If you understood Hip Hop wholly, you'd see that it is the largest and fastest growing CULTURE in the world- it is borderless! So for those of you that would prefer to keep it white, you are screwed.

Stick to the subject matter and you might be able to hide your racism and other cultural discriminations better. And don't pretend your responses didn't come from that ugly place inside you.

Bernie Goetz for Mayor

I wouldn't exactly call the laughable exhibition of hip-hop "culture."

I Hate The 7 Train

Another reason to vote for Bloomy!

ides_of_march

I'm heartbroken. Guess I'll just have to take my picnic basket and have my brie and chardonnay somewhere else.

[mis]inheritance

Your better off doing that in a mosh pit.

Mr Mel

Is this important.

bsalamon

and nobody has questioned the fact that PS 40, where this event was supposed to take place, has problems of its own and shouldn't be having events there in the first place

Snoopy

Like explain what problems? That double murder had nothing to do with the fifth graders. It was them outsiders I've been told. Like the twenty one year olds from middle school.

freddynyc

So what exactly is the problem....

Billiamsburg

Funny how some people with severe retardation spend their time "rapping" in Times Square and on subways and others make millions of dollars. The dissonance of their outbursts are nearly identical. What makes one 'tard's mumblings better than the other?

Snoopy

Could be the four part harmony in the background.

NannyState

"Maybe the show's sponsor, Bette Midler's New York Restoration Project, can just convince 50 to adopt-a-highway, putting the G-Unit back into the Gowanus Expressway."

Why bother? They'll be out cleaning highways as part of their community service anyway.

Snoopy

50 cent be cool. He's a man of peace. Just look at his record (records, rap sheets call them what you will) and see what he has done in his short life.

aspiringrapper

Despite "Q-Tip's" suggestion to the contrary, I can deny 50 Cent just fine. A thug is a thug. Bloomberg was right to alert his ghetto followers that he wouldn't actually be performing. Maybe they'd stick to causing trouble in their own neighborhoods.