MAGA rapper fired as right-wing jab sees fans boo her off stage

Rapper M.I.A. won't finish Kid Cudi's North American tour — the support act was booed off a Dallas stage Saturday after taking a swipe at "illegals."

She was axed by the headliner Monday.

"I've been canceled for many reasons. I never thought I would be canceled for being a brown Republican voter," she told the crowd as they booed her, according to Reddit posts from fans who were present at the opening act of Cudi's May 2nd show in Dallas. The event was reported on by The Daily Beast.

The booing came after she told the audience she wouldn't perform her song "Illegal" because "some of you could be in the audience" — a remark captured on video that quickly went viral.

Kid Cudi wasted little time responding. "TOUR UPDATE: M.I.A is no longer on this tour," he wrote Monday on Instagram. "I told my management to send a notice to her team before we started tour that I didn't want anything offensive at my shows, cuz I already knew what time it was, and I was assured things were understood."

He added, "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 won't have someone on my tour making offensive remarks that upsets my fanbase."

The Sri Lankan-born British rapper, born Mathangi Arulpragasam, was vocally anti-Trump before COVID, after which she embraced vaccine skepticism, appeared on Alex Jones' Infowars to hawk her clothing line, and ultimately endorsed Trump in 2024 after RFK Jr. dropped out of the race.

Despite her vocal MAGA support, M.I.A. is not a U.S. citizen and could not have voted in any of the last three presidential elections.

Fans posted that she attempted to walk back the Dallas remarks, telling the crowd, "I'm illegal — half of my team aren't here because they couldn't get their visa," before dedicating her next song to Mexico.