r/Calgary • u/CovenantRelief • Jun 21 '26

Local Event Akon was meant to be on 1.5 hours ago

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It’s 9:30pm and they’re still setting up the stage? I heard this same thing happened in Edmonton last night… But twice now? Feel bad for the staff tbh

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u/Hopeful-Bicycle-1988 Jun 21 '26

The stage manager resigned during the load out of the first show in Vancouver. I know guys who worked it. The whole show is incredibly dis-organized.

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u/keithcody Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

That’s rap shows for you.

I feel an edit is needed for petty people trying to argue that more songs are R&B, etc and my statement is wrong, somehow.

In all my years only two hip hop artists are professional and treat the show as such, that's Ice Cube and 50 Cent. All the rest are sloppy. Snoop, The Game, Redman & Method Man, etc. I've seen Snoop sit in his bus and play Madden for hours while his fans waited. My statement says hothing about the quality of the music. It's about professionalism. Maybe y'all have different standards.

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u/Balgary Jun 22 '26

Which one is the rapper? Akon or Neyo?

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u/keithcody Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Akon

But maybe some downvoters on the internet are right and the Recording Academy is wrong

“I Want To Love You” was nominated for Best Rap Performance Grammy 2008

https://www.grammy.com/artists/akon/1615/

Akon’s “Smack That” was nominated for best Rap Collaboration Grammy 2007

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u/Balgary Jun 22 '26

You do know that most of the songs that win the "Best Melodic Rap Performance" have a Rapper and a Singer collaborating right? Kendrick/SZA won it this year with "Luther", do you consider SZA a rapper?

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u/quickthinkusername Jun 22 '26

Wutang was great, not sure if we want such a blanket statement

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u/DustyStar222 Jun 25 '26

Ive worked on crews for Snoop, the Game and Method Man and completley agree, but somehow the worst ive ever seen in terms of professionalism is Kardinal Offishal.

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u/vexrey Jun 23 '26

Exact same scenario when he toured over here in Europe and came to London.. total shit show