British rapper M.I.A. has responded to Kid Cudi after he announced he was removing her as his opening act. The dispute began after M.I.A. made remarks about immigration at one of his concerts and was booed by the audience.

Despite earlier warnings from Kid Cudi not to address controversial topics during her set, M.I.A. continued with her statements. She has since accused him of gaslighting her words as she defended herself against the backlash.

M.I.A.がKid Cudiの前座で突然、「“Illegal”は歌わない」と発言し、移民をめぐる発言から政治トークへ。さらに「有色人種の共和党支持者としてキャンセルされた」と語り、会場は大ブーイング。その後、ツアーから外される事態に。pic.twitter.com/XF37gZq6ab

M.I.A. was performing as Kid Cudi's opening act this past weekend when she began talking about her experiences as a 'brown Republican voter.' She recounted instances when she had been cancelled for various reasons but said she did not expect her political identity to be among them.

The singer also referenced her song 'Illygirl', often referred to as 'Illegal.' M.I.A. said she was not allowed to perform the song before suggesting that some people in the crowd could be undocumented. M.I.A. was booed by concertgoers, and she addressed the audience, saying that half of her team had been unable to attend due to visa issues.

'All right, I'm illegal. Half of my team is 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,' she said.

Kid Cudi has removed M.I.A. from his tour after backlash over her recent opening sets.M.I.A. was heavily booed at a recent show after saying she wouldn’t perform “Illegal,” adding that “some of you could be in the audience,” and making political comments throughout her set.pic.twitter.com/9e5VPs0WyL

Following her remarks, Kid Cudi released a statement on his Instagram Story confirming that M.I.A. would no longer perform as his opening act,Yahoo!reported. He said he had already told M.I.A. and her team that he did not want anything controversial said during his concert, but they did not take his warning seriously.

'After the last couple shows, I've been flooded with messages from fans that were upset by her rants. This, to me, is very disappointing, and I wont have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase,' he wrote, according to Yahoo.

M.I.A. speaks out after being removed from Kid Cudi’s ‘Rebel Ragers Tour’:“I wrote [‘ILLYGIRL’] ('Illegal') on the Maya LP, a song from 2010. I started this intro to the song with the statement saying I’m illygal, and I said my team hasn't gotten visas yet, then played a song…pic.twitter.com/kxc8Hwo3sj

Source: International Business Times UK