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Multi-platinum rapper Lil Wayne, aka Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., will not be performing at Stony Brook this September for the annual “Back to the Brook” concert, despite an Instagram post from his official account stating otherwise.
“He is very mistaken,” Undergraduate Student Government Vice President of Student Life Jaliel Amador wrote in a text on Tuesday.
The post, since deleted, listed the New Orleans artist’s September tour dates, including Stony Brook University on Sept. 22. Lil Wayne was included in the initial poll USG set up on July 13 to track student preference for performers at Back to the Brook, but on July 17 Amador tweeted that Lil Wayne would be unable to perform due to security concerns.
“He expected to come into [Island Federal Credit Union Arena] without getting patted or wanded or pass through a metal detector, meanwhile he had a gun charge,” Amador wrote. “So, we had to withdraw our offer.”
Lil Wayne has been arrested on multiple drug charges in the last 10 years and served eight months of a one-year jail sentence in Rikers Island in 2010 after pleading guilty to attempted criminal possession of a weapon. The sentence was linked to a 2007 incident where he was arrested outside Beacon Theater in New York City for possession of marijuana and a .40 caliber pistol registered to his manager.
The policy of being cleared by security at IFCU Arena is one that applies to all individuals, including students, upon entering the arena, Amador said.
“That is standard for every concert we’ve had for every artist,” Assistant Chief of Police Eric Olsen said on Tuesday. “That’s not specific to him.”
Lil Wayne not coming to Stony Brook, despite Instagram post | The Statesman
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