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Rapper backs out of concert
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Published: October 31, 2009
GREENSBORO
The controversial headliner of N.C. A&T State University's homecoming concert will not perform at the Greensboro Coliseum tonight.
Rapper Gucci Mane cannot travel to Greensboro because of a recent legal ruling that prohibits him from traveling out of his home state of Georgia, according to Andrew Brown, the coliseum's public-relations manager.
Nine other R&B and hip-hop artists are slated to entertain N.C. A&T's homecoming crowd.
The university removed its name and financial support from its annual homecoming concert earlier this month after receiving complaints about hiring a rapper with gang affiliations. The concert is now supported exclusively by a production company, Diamond Life Concerts.
In a previous interview with the Greensboro News & Record, Chancellor Harold Martin said that the school had to take a "moral stand."
"We could not replace Gucci Mane on the bill at this late date," Martin said. "So we made the decision that we would remove our institution's name from all advertising, all marquees, all tickets, and we would withdraw financial support from the show so that we would not be in any way, shape or form associated with his message or his image."
Students began complaining about Gucci Mane's participation in the show shortly after returning to campus in August.
The Atlanta rapper, whose real name is Radric Davis, has celebrated his gang connections and his past as a cocaine dealer in his lyrics.
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