Canceled in China

Chinese authorities have canceled rapper Jay-Z’s Shanghai concert, scheduled for October 23, saying the rapper is too vulgar. More vulgar, apparently, than the sometimes raunchy Rolling Stones and Black Eyed Peas, both of which held concerts in China this year. Still, I wonder how the promoters thought that a rapper whose hits include “Big Pimpin'” ...

Chinese authorities have canceled rapper Jay-Z's Shanghai concert, scheduled for October 23, saying the rapper is too vulgar. More vulgar, apparently, than the sometimes raunchy Rolling Stones and Black Eyed Peas, both of which held concerts in China this year. Still, I wonder how the promoters thought that a rapper whose hits include "Big Pimpin'" and  "Money, Cash, Hoes" would have made it past the censors in the first place. I just have one thing to say about Jay: He's got 99 problems, and a Shanghai show ain't one.

Chinese authorities have canceled rapper Jay-Z’s Shanghai concert, scheduled for October 23, saying the rapper is too vulgar. More vulgar, apparently, than the sometimes raunchy Rolling Stones and Black Eyed Peas, both of which held concerts in China this year. Still, I wonder how the promoters thought that a rapper whose hits include “Big Pimpin'” and  “Money, Cash, Hoes” would have made it past the censors in the first place. I just have one thing to say about Jay: He’s got 99 problems, and a Shanghai show ain’t one.

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