Rapper Pa Salieu 'dropped from Commonwealth games closing ceremony'
Rapper Pa Salieu says he has been removed from the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony after failing a background check.of possessing a bottle as an offensive weapon during a brawl which saw his friend stabbed to death.The organiser of the Games said it would not comment on individual cases but said everyone involved went through the same accreditation process."Next week's performance should have been a celebration," said the rapper, from Coventry.
"But what can you do if the police, justice system and Home Office don't care about you and put everything possible in your way to stop you trying to get on with your life?" During the wider violence, Fidel Glasgow - a close friend of Salieu and grandson of Specials singer Neville Staple - was fatally stabbed.
Birmingham 2022 would not confirm if the rapper had been dropped from the bill of Monday's closing ceremony.
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