{"id":81,"date":"2026-05-29T13:39:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labortemedi3.site\/?p=81"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:39:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:39:24","slug":"artists-are-pulling-out-of-trumps-freedom-250-celebration-after-they-werent-told-about-political-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labortemedi3.site\/?p=81","title":{"rendered":"Artists are pulling out of Trump’s Freedom 250 celebration after they \u2018weren\u2019t told\u2019 about political ties"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several artists who were slated to perform as part of the 16-day celebrations to mark 250 years of American independence have backed out.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The festivities will run between June 25 and July 10, over the course of which numerous well-known\u00a0musical performers\u00a0will take the stage at\u00a0Washington DC’s National Mall.<\/p>\n

The event, dubbed the Great American State Fair, has been described as ‘the biggest, boldest state fair in the country’. It is being organized by by Freedom 250, a public-private partnership established by\u00a0President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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Freedom 250 CEO Keith Krach has announced line-up for the highly anticipated fair. Artists like Young MC, Morris Day, Vanilla Ice, the Commodores, Flo Rida, and Martina McBride were among the scheduled acts \u2014 but several of them already pulled out.<\/p>\n

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The upcoming celebrations are being organized by Freedom 250 (Beata Zawrzel\/NurPhoto via Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Taking to\u00a0Facebook\u00a0to announce that he will not be performing, Young MC penned: “I HAVE INFORMED MY AGENTS THAT I WILL NOT BE PERFORMING AT THE FREEDOM 250 EVENT.<\/p>\n

“The artists were never told about any\u00a0political\u00a0involvement with the event. And despite the claims by the organizers that the event is non-partisan, SPIN magazine describes it as Trump-backed.<\/p>\n

“I hope to perform in D.C. in the near future at an event that is not so politically charged.”<\/p>\n

C+C Music Factory frontman Freedom Williams has echoed similar sentiments and said his agent didn’t mention that the event had ties to Trump, per\u00a0USA Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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