![]() As annual guests in this space we feel we must accede to the strong wishes of the community and honour their input.” “A significant number of Torontonians have indicated their desire to have Action Bronson not perform at the Square. Yonge-Dundas Square is “the city’s space and, as such, we are obliged to listen to how the city and community want it used,” NXNE’s directors said in a statement released late Friday afternoon. But an online petition started on Tuesday by a woman named Erica Shiner arguing that Action Bronson’s music “glorifies gang-raping and murdering women” and asking that he not be allowed to perform in a city-owned public space had drawn nearly 38,000 signatures by the end of the work week and finally convinced the festival to capitulate. The New York MC was scheduled to play the square on June 21 as part of a hip-hop bill free and open to the public during NXNE. Controversial rapper Action Bronson will not be performing in Yonge-Dundas Square next month, a somewhat heavy-hearted North by Northeast festival announced on Friday.
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