The incident occurred at the Dos Equis Pavilion, where M.I.A., whose real name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, was opening for Kid Cudi.
According to videos from the show, M.I.A. told the crowd, “I’ve been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter.”
She then teased her song “Illegal,” saying, “Can’t do ‘Illegal’ ’cause some of you could be in the audience.”
M.I.A. got booed heavily last night while opening for Kid Cudi…
she opened the show saying “we won’t do illegal (the song), though some of you could be in the audience” before going on a Republican rant…
why did Cudi think this was a good idea?pic.twitter.com/dVK6BYyqqj
— Dobson 🦋 (@ByDobson)May 4, 2026
Kid Cudi has removed M.I.A. from his tour after she opened for him in Dallas and went on a rant about “illegals” and “being canceled for being a Republican” and how she was performing to a bunch of illegalspic.twitter.com/PGEgJAMU5w
— FearBuck (@FearedBuck)May 4, 2026
When the crowd began booing, M.I.A. added, “All right, I’m illegal. Half of my team are not here because they didn’t get the visa, OK? I want you to know that. All right? So don’t listen to what the bots say on the internet, OK?”
Source: The Gateway Pundit
