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Questions raised over the artist s misogynistic tweets, lyrics could sink the performance. 9:16 am, Jun. 2, 2021 ×
Prof. (Archive photo)
The Olmsted County Fair Board plans to hold an unscheduled meeting this week to discuss the upcoming performance of Twin Cities hip-hop artist Prof at the fairgrounds in July, and the controversy over his misogynistic tweets and lyrics that is prompting some to call for its cancellation.
The Twin Cities musician was booked by Rochester-based promoter and media company Stationary Astronauts, to perform the week before the Olmsted County Fair. But the controversy has landed in the lap of the 10-member fair board because it ultimately approved the performance.
MINNEAPOLIS â The music scene that Lydia Liza entered as a 16-year-old, âvulnerable in every sense of the word,â was full of men and full of threats. Men who groomed her with bad intentions, men who kissed her without her permission.
Soon, she and her guitar will return to venues again. But thanks to a #MeToo reckoning thatâs been playing out backstage, that scene will be different, she hopes. She will be different, at least.
âI never really was worried about losing a reputation or ruining my music career, because who wants to be in an industry that is built on cruelty?â she said. âI want to be there for other women in the scene . because nobody lifted me up the way I really needed.â