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M.I.A. Delivers Scathing Response To Kid Cudi After Being Kicked Off Rebel Ragers Tour

M.I.A. was officially kicked off Kid Cudi's Rebel Ragers Tour, and now, she is offering up her side of the story.

By Skyler SaundersPublished 6 months ago • 2 min read

M.I.A. is going to be missing in action due to a tirade about being a Republican and admitting that some people in her own camp don’t even have Visas.

Kid Cudi booted her from his tour with the intent to show his supporters that he will not tolerate negative vibes. By halting M.I.A. from further traveling with him, he has set a precedent that will forever be etched into the halls of hip hop lore.

When the world casts its eyes on M.I.A., they will look at her with a sense of question and doubt due to her outrageous behavior.

It is, though, a little ironic that the musical excursion is called “The Rebel Ragers Tour.” She rebelled and is being punished for it. The rager part about being full of energy and party mentality just got thrown out the window completely.

With her rant on X, it shows that she is fed up with the industry she had come up against for over two decades. With her politically charged rhetoric and antics, it all spelled a way for her to exit from Cudi’s tour.

Though she is now a confirmed Christian, her sound is still charged and caters to secularism. She has been booted because she essentially created an unsafe condition in a place where positivity should remain. Kid Cudi is already reeling from the Diddy debacle. He is trying to rid himself and his tours from any adverse attention for self-preservation purposes.

He is still cleaning up after being a diamond rapper. His whole existence consists of making music and spreading his message across the country and the globe. What M.I.A. represents chaos, fighting with words, and also rebellion.

If you look at her track record, it arches towards political action through lyrics. Though she claims to have become a born again Christian through seeing a vision of Jesus of Nazareth, she still has to account for her behavior as a rational person.

With her departure from the tour, this could open new pathways for her. She might start her own musical movement and display all sorts of a Christ-like merch that would make Ye blush.

Though “Paper Planes” came out over a decade ago, it still might be her most famous and favorite song in her catalogue. She could have an avant garde show with the song playing and her just sitting in a folding chair completely silent and looking with a thousand yard stare.

Whatever happens, Cudi’s going to cake up off of this tour and seek to put all the backwardness behind him. M.I.A. will have the chance to build her own tour and attract believers who wish to see another entertainer espousing the gospels.

Kid Cudi will have no trouble leaving a vacancy or replacing M.I.A. If anything, he might be pleased that she is no longer part of his traveling show. What did she bring to the table other than controversial lyrics? Did she offer anything of worth and truth? She certainly hit the wrong notes this time. She will, nonetheless, make more money on her own and reap the blessings of her alleged publishing and master recordings.

It may be sad to see her go but this is the business of show. I think she’s learned her lesson in what not to do in front of a Kid Cudi crowd. She has the ability to repair her relationship with virtually anyone but Cudi. His total dismissal of M.I.A. will stand as one of the biggest expulsions in the realm of music.

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    Written by Skyler Saunders