Steve Lacy was the topic of the latest Twitter discourse this week after the R&B singer replied to a comment on one of his Instagram posts, mentioning Coronavirus. Steve shared some photos of himself and his entourage dressing him with the caption, "love my team." A fan commented telling Steve, "bro we need asia tour," to which Steve responded, "and yall need a coronavirus vaccine that's what y'all need."
The comment about the deadly virus, of which, according to Complex, more than 20,000 cases have been confirmed worldwide and from which 400 people have died in China alone, was not received well by some. Despite the panic surrounding what appears to be an epidemic, many pointed out that Steve was ignorant for not only fuelling the fire of what many believe to be unnecessary fear surrounding Coronavirus, but also for encouraging xenophobia by implying the racist notion that all Asian people are infected with the disease.
However, others felt that the outrage was unnecessary, including Steve himself. He posted a screenshot of the original commenter telling everyone to "chill" on his Instagram story, which he has since deleted. Steve agreed with the sentiment, captioning the story, "literally," and tagging the commenter. Some fans felt that people were being too sensitive, and others pointed out the hypocrisy in attempting to cancel Steve for making a joke about Coronavirus, which plenty of Twitter users have been doing since the outbreak became common knowledge earlier this year.
Here’s The Governors Ball 2020 Day-By-Day Lineup
The annual NYC-based music festival will see Danny Brown, EARTHGANG, Missy Elliott and more hit the stage over three days.
Following the official announcement of Governors Ball 2020 a little over a week ago, we're now getting a clearer breakdown of who will be performing over the three-day music festival and the exact day each artist will be hitting the stage.
While all three days are expected to be filled with show-stopping performances, Day 3 is definitely looking like the highlight. Day 1 is pretty packed as well, with acts like Danny Brown, Tame Impala, Pink Sweat$, Miley Cyrus, Alessia Cara, Maxo Kream, Vampire Weekend, Chase Atlantic, rising Brooklyn-based emcee KOTA The Friend and music legend Stevie Nicks amongst others gracing the stage on Friday. Day 2 keeps the high energy at peak with Vampire Weekend, Flume, Ellie Goulding, Chiiild, Steve Lacy and rap/R&B collective EARTHGANG making for key standouts on Saturday. As we stated earlier, Sunday will be the apex of the festival's 10th anniversary year as Missy Elliott, Solange, H.E.R., Summer Walker, John Bellion, YBN Cordae, Girl Talk, Johnny Utah, Black Midi, Swae Lee and Princess Nokia spearhead a long list of musicians closing out Day 3.
Governors Ball 2020 goes down on June 5, June 6 and June 7 at Randall's Island Park in New York City. Get your 1-day, 3-day and cabana experience tickets now by clicking here.
