BREAKING: DaBaby Upcoming Kansas City Concert Canceled

By Ryan S. ● Arts & Culture, Kansas City ● August 10, 2021

KANSAS CITY, Kan. — The Aug. 14 concert where DaBaby was scheduled to perform at Azura Amphitheater has been cancelled, according to the venue’s website.

The rapper recently went infamously viral for homophobic comments he made while performing at the massive Rolling Loud music festival on July 25.

DaBaby, whose real name is Jonathan Kirk, was swiftly condemned by artists throughout the industry, before also being pulled from over 5 of the year’s largest music festivals.

This is a developing story.

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Ryan has a diverse background including working at one of the nation’s most esteemed Black think tanks, one of Chicago’s top B2B Tech PR agencies, a top 3 global PR firm, and founding Kansas City’s largest Black-led direct action group during the 2020 uprisings. During Ryan’s professional career he’s consulted brands such as Facebook, Samsung, Amazon and Google.

He is a recipient of the Civil and Human Rights Award recognized by the Urban League of Kansas City, Southern Christian Leadership Conference and NAACP. He has also engaged in a number of public talks as a prison industrial complex Abolitionist thinker including on; NPR, PBS, a Kansas City Art Institute Lecture, a lecture at University of the Arts London, the Annual International Symposium (Digital Ethics for a Sustainable Society), as well as the T-Mobile Speaker Series.

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