{"id":1517773,"date":"2022-06-15T17:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517773"},"modified":"2022-06-15T17:49:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T21:49:33","slug":"rapper-lil-wayne-denied-entry-into-u-k-at-the-last-minute-for-festival-appearance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rapper-lil-wayne-denied-entry-into-u-k-at-the-last-minute-for-festival-appearance\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Lil Wayne Denied Entry Into U.K. At The \u2018Last Minute\u2019 For Festival Appearance"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frapper-lil-wayne-denied-entry-into-u-k-at-the-last-minute-for-festival-appearance%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1517773&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rapper Lil Wayne has been denied entry in to the United Kingdom at the \u201clast minute\u201d for a festival he was going to headline this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was set to be part of the Strawberries and Creem festival in the U.K. on Saturday until his visa was denied by the Home Office \u201cin a last minute decision.\u201d He will now be a no-show, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/lil-wayne-no-longer-appearing-at-strawberries-and-creem-festival-after-being-denied-entry-to-uk-12634621\">Sky News<\/a> reported in a piece published Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office confirmed to the outlet that the rapper\u2019s visa had been denied and said that individuals who have been sentenced to prison for 12 months or more\u00a0\u201cmust have their application refused.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rapper was sentenced to spend one year behind bars in 2010 for a gun possession charge, of which he served eight months in prison. In the past, he had been denied entry into the U.K. due to his criminal convictions, the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers said it \u201creceived minimal notice,\u201d describing the timing as \u201cupsetting for all involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDue to extreme circumstances beyond our control or influence, we are very sorry to inform you that Lil Wayne is now unable to perform at the festival,\u201d the organization added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLil Wayne has been refused entry to the UK directly by the Home Office in a last-minute decision,\u201d the organizers continued. \u201cWe are deeply disappointed by this sudden and negative ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Lil Wayne no longer appearing at Strawberries and Creem festival after being denied entry to UK <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z6Qk0kb2OJ\">https:\/\/t.co\/z6Qk0kb2OJ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky News (@SkyNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyNews\/status\/1537142482814787589?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lil Wayne was previously set to take the stage along the likes of Mabel, Wilkinson, Katy B, and Tion Wayne.<\/p>\n<p>Festival attendees are reportedly not happy about the decision and have demanded a \u201cfull refund,\u201d accusing the festival of giving false advertising that the \u201cSucker For Pain\u201d hitmaker would in fact be there, the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGotta be issuing refunds here,\u201d one person <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Ryceezy\/status\/1537043223742390272\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cLiterally the only act people are coming for is Wayne. The only reason he hasn\u2019t performed in the UK for so long was because he was refused entry before, so surely you checked this before announcing him?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ErnaJ92\/status\/1537041679756173316\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cAbsolutely no way. Please can you let me know I can receive a full refund. This is false advertising.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The festival responded to the upset concert-goers and have offered music fans\u00a0free entry for Sunday\u2019s festivities or a discount on their tickets for next year\u2019s fun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/lil-wayne-thanks-trump-for-presidential-pardon\">Lil Wayne Thanks Trump For Presidential\u00a0Pardon<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Lil Wayne has been denied entry in to the United Kingdom at the \u201clast minute\u201d for a festival he was going to headline this weekend. The 39-year-old rapper, born Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., was set to be part of the Strawberries and Creem festival in the U.K. on Saturday until his visa was denied &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":219,"featured_media":1517835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1517773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1517773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1517773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1517835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1517773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1517773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1517773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}