Waka Flocka Flame will not tolerate racism and is taking his argument to social media.
The Atlanta-based rapper canceled his upcoming show at the University of Oklahoma after an online video surfaced over the weekend showing members of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity chanting racial slurs about their chapter.
The ten-second offense clip shows several members of the fraternity on a bus and singing lines like, "You can hang him from a tree, but he can never sign with me. There will never be a n------ in S-A-E."
The 28-year-old rapper took to his Instagram on Monday to call out SAE members for their offensive behavior and told fans that he will be canceling his upcoming performance scheduled for April 25.
"When I first started doing shows it was all hood spots and all black people," he wrote on the post to his 1.1 million followers. "Then I had some mainstream success and did some EDM and it was all white people at my shows for a while. Now, it's white, black and brown people at my shows. All races partying having a good time and enjoying themselves together peacefully. That's what Waka Flocka is all about."
"For that reason I must say I'm disgusted and disappointed in the actions of the SAE fraternity at the University of Oklahoma and I will be canceling my scheduled performance for them next month. Racism is something I will not tolerate."
Waka Flocka (nee Juaquin James Malphurs) captioned the post, "I know for a fact the whole school and SAE don't agree with those kids actions so know that I'm not mad at the whole #SAE just those disgusting kids. We can't change history, but we damn sure can create our own future #DeathToRacism."
Brick Bronson, the president of Waka Flocka's management team, sent a statement to Us Weekly explaining that the rapper did not hesitate in making his decision to cancel the show.
"Let our decision weld a platform of conversation rather than raise the brows of anger among those who share our distaste and disgust from such a video," Bronson said, according to Us Weekly. "This was not a disciplinary action on the innocent students, nor among the guilty that share such wayward thoughts, but a collective reminder of the stain in which remains."
A photo posted by Waka Flocka (@wakaflockabsm) on Mar 9, 2015 at 8:14am PDT
