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Future, Lil Yachty cancel Charlottesville concert 'out of respect' for rally victims

Lil Yachty (left) and Future (right) are touring together. CREDIT: (left-AJC) (right-Getty Images)

Credit: Rodney Ho

Credit: Rodney Ho

Lil Yachty (left) and Future (right) are touring together. CREDIT: (left-AJC) (right-Getty Images)
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Aug 18, 2017

This was posted on Friday, August 18, 2017 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on Melissa Ruggieri's AJC Music Scene blog

Melissa is on vacation so I'm just throwing this here on her behalf

Atlanta acts Future and Lil Yachty have cancelled a concert tomorrow in Charlottesville a week after white supremacists, Neo-Nazis and their ilk took over the town to protest the removal of a Confederate statue.  As everyone knows, those demonstrations led to three deaths and many injured.

"Out of respect for the tragic events I felt it wasn't rite [sic] to perform at this time," Future wrote on Twitter.  "Please understand my heart mean well VA,."

He added, "that state is important to me & always will be. I'm comin very soon,my word!"

The concert was scheduled for University of Virginia students at John Paul Jones Arena.

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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.

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