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A Music Festival Was Charging White People Double For Tickets. So This Rapper Pulled Out

Published July 10, 2019 at 11:52 AM CDT
Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of the AfroFuture music festival after finding out that white people were being charged more for tickets than people of color. (Xavier Cuevas/Courtesy of the artist)
Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of the AfroFuture music festival after finding out that white people were being charged more for tickets than people of color. (Xavier Cuevas/Courtesy of the artist)

Detroit-based rapper Tiny Jag pulled out of the AfroFuture music festival after finding out that white people were being charged more for tickets than people of color. Here & Now‘s Robin Young talks with the artist about her decision.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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