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Belly and The Weeknd protest Donald Trump by canceling their gig on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’
Washington Post ^ | 5/25/16 | By Helena Andrews-Dyer

Posted on 06/01/2016 10:00:22 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

Canadian musicians The Weeknd and Belly decided Wednesday that protesting Donald Trump was more important than publicity.

The duo was set to perform Belly’s hit “Might Not,” a song about excess and drawbacks, on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” but balked at the idea of sharing the studio with GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Belly, who is Muslim, said in a statement to the Associated Press that Trump’s proposed ban on Muslim immigration could potentially limit his ability to perform in America.

“For me, being Muslim and being somebody that appreciates my access here in America, I love the fact that I’m able to be here,” Belly said. “To play my part in this business is a privilege and a beautiful thing. The fact that I could lose that ability through the actions of someone such as Donald Trump isn’t right to me. At all.”

In the end, Belly, who co-wrote The Weeknd’s hit “Earned It,” said he didn’t want his appearance on

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bigots; celebrity; music
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To: SoFloFreeper

I suspect Donald Trump will be around long after Belly’s celebrity weekend is over.


21 posted on 06/01/2016 10:59:14 AM PDT by IronJack
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To: SoFloFreeper

All he does is show he is an idiot who doesn’t understand what immigration means.


22 posted on 06/01/2016 11:00:18 AM PDT by reaganaut (I am not "reaganaut1".)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Belly & The Weekend cancel their gig....

uh oh...this is getting series now! Not to mention the fact that I never heard of these no talent cretins and you couldn't give me a semi-truck load of their "music."

23 posted on 06/01/2016 11:08:20 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (We have leaped off the cliff toward madness and we are still falling...)
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To: dfwgator

Thanks. That is what I was wondering.


24 posted on 06/01/2016 11:18:49 AM PDT by MamaB (Heb. 13:2)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1YRjCTxR80

A lot of un-Islamic behavior in this video.


25 posted on 06/01/2016 11:43:26 AM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

It’s a shame he doesn’t have enough courage to stand up to his fellow Muslims and tell them to stop giving the rest of them a bad name. Unless, of course, he shares their anti-western jihad loving sympathies.


26 posted on 06/01/2016 3:07:32 PM PDT by mbrfl
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