MIA dropped from Afropunk Fest in London

After receiving their fair share of backlash from MIA's comments on the Black Lives Matter movement, the London Afropunk Fest released this announcement:

A message about AFROPUNK LONDON: pic.twitter.com/Zd5z2ToWuF

— AFROPUNK (@afropunk) July 15, 2016

In their statement, they wrote "after discussing the situation with the artist [MIA] and the community, a decision was agreed upon by all involved that MIA will no longer headline”.

In her interview back in April, MIA said:

"Is Beyoncé or Kendrick Lamar going to say Muslim Lives Matter? Or Syrian Lives Matter? Or this kid in Pakistan matters? That’s a more interesting question.”

It was this comment that led many attendees of London's Afropunk Fest to request her removal from the show, which has now been granted.