British rapper Pa Salieu has instructed followers his deliberate efficiency on the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony has been axed resulting from a “failed background check”.
Following a trial in March, Salieu, 24, was cleared of partaking in violent dysfunction throughout a mass brawl by which his good friend Fidel Glasgow was stabbed to demise.
However, he was convicted of possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon and had beforehand admitted a second depend of violent dysfunction referring to an assault on a person shortly after the combat.
Sharing video footage from rehearsals for what would have been his Commonwealth Games efficiency, Salieu posted a message on Instagram to say he would not be showing.
“Yesterday I received a call to say that I’m being removed from the show because I ‘failed a background check’,” he wrote. “I am unable to maintain being silent about these items.
“I’ve already had to cancel 90% of my shows this year because the Home Office won’t process the paperwork I need to travel abroad until my court case is finished.”
Salieu’s last sentencing date was resulting from be in May however he stated it had been pushed again.
He stated he had “consistently co-operated” with the authorized course of and “attended court on time every single day”.
He continued: “The trial ended in March, but they keep just moving the final sentencing date which was due to be in May…
“I’ve persistently been attempting to make use of my profession to indicate individuals the place I’m from that there’s one other life for us. One away from the roads.
“But what can you do if the police, the justice system and the Home Office don’t care about you and put everything possible in your way to stop you trying to get on with your life?
“Next week’s efficiency ought to have been a celebration.
“What is the real reason here?? How can you fail a ‘background check’ to perform at a closing ceremony. What does that even mean?”
Salieu topped the BBC’s Sound Of… listing in 2021 and was additionally shortlisted for the Brit Awards rising star prize that very same yr.
The Commonwealth Games are going down in Birmingham this yr.
A Birmingham 2022 spokesperson stated: “Everyone involved in the Games goes through the same accreditation process; including our volunteers, performers, athletes, contractors, and workforce.
“We can not touch upon particular person accreditation functions. This course of facilitates the supply of the Games.”
Sky News has contacted the Home Office for remark.
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