One other upcoming Kehlani live performance, slated to happen on the SummerStage in Central Park throughout Delight month, has been canceled.
On Monday, Could 5, simply weeks after her present at Cornell College was canceled, SummerStage introduced they have been canceling Kehlani’s upcoming live performance after receiving security and safety issues from New York Mayor Eric Adams’ workplace.
“We’ve been notified by the Mayor’s Workplace that they’ve issues for safety and security points concerning the June 26 Kehlani live performance,” organizers stated in a press release launched on social media—including that the issues stem immediately from the “controversy surrounding Cornell College’s choice” to cancel her present.
“We strongly and emphatically consider in creative expression of all types. Nonetheless, the protection and safety of our visitors and artists is of the utmost significance,” the organizers continued. “In gentle of those issues, the live performance has been canceled.”
The 30-year-old R&B singer responded to the information by posting “lol” and famous that their submit was the primary she had heard of the information, alongside together with her followers, AP Information reported.
In posts addressing the information on Threads, the “After Hours” singer wrote, “Second present canceled by the state of New York! REMINDER: we BEEN performed Barclays. :)”
On Tuesday, Adams stated officers deliberated on whether or not or not a Kehlani live performance in Central Park would affect public security earlier than making their choice, per CBS Information.
“We wished to do an evaluation and to guarantee that it wouldn’t, and based mostly on, with out us having to undergo that full evaluation, the [City Parks Foundation] made that dedication,” stated Adams.
This cancellation follows Cornell College’s choice to cancel Kehlani’s present in April for her continued and vocal help of Palestine throughout the ongoing battle in Gaza. She was set to carry out throughout the faculty’s annual “Slope Day” when Cornell College president Michael Kotlikoff stated she would now not be performing after she allegedly “espoused antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments in performances, movies, and on social media.”
Following the cancellation, Kehlani took to social media to clear the air round her place.
“I’m not antisemitic or anti-Jew. I’m anti-genocide, anti-actions of the Israeli authorities, anti-extermination of complete folks, anti-bombing of harmless kids, males, and ladies. That’s what I’m anti,” the singer stated in a video on Instagram. “The very first reside I did in the beginning of this genocide was with a very stunning Jewish group referred to as Jewish Voices [sic] for Peace, and I nonetheless proceed to study from and work alongside actually impactful Jewish organizers in opposition to this genocide.”
Within the caption, she continued by writing that along with Cornell College, there have been different makes an attempt to cancel her reveals.
“If you wish to cancel me from alternative, stand on it being due to your zionism. Don’t make it anti-jew,” Kehlani wrote within the caption.
