Stormzy has pulled out of performing at the Snowbombing Festival in Mayrhofen, Austria due to 'racial profiling'.
The rapper, 25, took to his Instagram Stories to explain what had happened after the festival made the announcement that they were 'deeply saddened' at the situation and that he would not be performing.
The hitmaker explained to his fans that he understood their disappointment at spending money and travelling to see him, however felt like he had to take such a drastic step after his manager and friends were 'targeted and aggressively handled by security because they had reason to believe someone was carrying a weapon.'
Cancelled: Stormzy, 25, has pulled out of performing at the Snowbombing Festival in Mayrhofen, Austria due to 'racial profiling'
After Snowbombing Festival put out there statement that he would no longer be performing, Stormzy was quick to take to his Instagram to state: 'First and foremost f*** @snowbombingofficial Bunch of p****holes.'
He then apologised to his fans at the cancelled performance before explaining the situation at hand in detail.
'My sincerest apologies to anyone who travelled all that way to watch me perform I’m genuinely upset that you’ve wasted your time and money and that burns me more than you’d know.
'The last ever thing I wanna do is let down anyone who’s taken time out to support me. So please hear me out, I too would be fuming if I travelled and spent money to go and watch an artist and they pull out last minute.
'However if these are the drastic steps that I need to take to make a point against racism and racial profiling then trust me I’m taking it. And, I'm very genuinely sorry that's the expense of supports and festival go-ers who've spent their time and money.
'Drastic steps': The rapper took to Instagram to explain what had happened after the festival made the announcement that they were 'deeply saddened' that he would not be performing
'Bunch of p*****': He put up a screenshot of Snowbombing Festival informing everyone on Twitter that he would not be performing
'Sorry this is at the expense of you': He then apologised to his fans at the cancelled performance before explaining the situation at hand in detail
He then revealed the sequence of events which caused him to pull out of performing.
'My manager and all my friends who were at the festival were racially profiled, targeted and aggressively handled because they had ‘reason to believe someone was carrying a weapon.’
'The security targeted them (despite no one fitting the description), were physically aggressive when handling them and there’s been no effort from the festival to
