Action Bronson removed from another college show

Action Bronson has been removed from yet another college show. This time it’s Trinity College’s Spring Weekend, which takes place on April 30. The president, vice president, and executive board of the college’s student entertainment group, “Barnyard,” posted a statement saying they’d remove him from the show after students started a Change.org petition in protest of his performance. Here’s an excerpt:

In the beginning of March we were made aware of the severity and depth of some of Action Bronson’s lyrics. We began to create a strategy to keep members of our community safe and began drafting our response to the backlash that we anticipated. Following news that Action Bronson was being removed as the headlining artist for Spring Weekend at The George Washington University, our executive-board committee voted on March 31st to remove Action Bronson from our Spring Weekend concert because of his lyrics, music, videos, and the misogyny, homophobia, and transphobia that they promote. As a result, there was an overpowering majority to support the removal of Action Bronson. We would also like to state that we do not think that his lyrics are representative of all of Hip-Hop music and Hip-Hop culture.

…As both students and student leaders, we fully agree that it is not only certain songs by Action Bronson that go against the school’s mission. The very act of bringing him to this campus runs counter to the College’s obligation to protect the emotional and physical safety of its students. As the Executive Board of EAC Barnyard, we believe that protecting the safety of our students is our top priority. The Executive Board of EAC Barnyard would like to apologize for considering bringing Action Bronson, an explicitly unconscious rapper, to campus. We would like to apologize for any emotional harm that the decision has caused our community.

The statement also mentions that initially they decided to keep Bronson on the show “with the addition of a legal addendum, which would forbid Action Bronson from performing any songs that went against the College’s mission,” but then voted again and decided to remove him completely. You can read the rest here.

The show will go on with Kehlani performing.

(via Pitchfork)