Network urged to cancel rapper Jah Khalib’s concert near Moscow as he supports Ukraine

MOSCOW, April 17 – RIA Novosti. The network called for the cancellation of the concert of Kazakh rapper Jah Khalib (Bakhtiyar Mamedov) because he supports Ukraine. The artist’s performance will be held on April 23 at the Crocus City Hall near Moscow, which angered many users.

One of the first about Mammadov’s speech spoke rap artist and journalist Akim Apachev. He posted an angry post on his VKontakte page.

The rapper included a poster for the upcoming Jah Khalib concert and a collage of screenshots of stories from Mamedov’s page about supporting Ukraine.

Later Akim Apachev sent Another post in which he said he appealed to the Ministry of Culture.

“I sent an official request to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation, Lyubimova Olga Borisovna, to cancel Bakhtiyar Mamedov’s concerts in Russia on the grounds that he supports the Ukrainian terrorist army and with it a possible sponsorship of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.” “I called everyone I know. I wrote wherever I could,” said the journalist.

In the comments, most of Apachev’s users and subscribers supported his attempt to cancel the Jah Khalib show.

Mammadov has yet to respond to the call to cancel his speech.

According to media reports, after the start of the special operation, the rapper publicly supported Ukraine in the social network. However, he continued his concert activity in Russia. Therefore, in addition to the concert in the Crocus Town Hall, the artist performed on April 25 in St. He also plans to perform in St. Petersburg.