Nigerian entertainer Joseph Akinfenwa Donus, better known as Joeboy, revealed that he nearly got arrested and didn’t get to perform in Saint Lucia.
The vocalist ‘Alcohol’ was supposed to perform at an event in the Caribbean island nation, but his performance was canceled midway through.
Speaking to his Instastory on Sunday, May 14, Joeboy explained that he was suspended from performing because his dice player used vulgar language.
The 25-year-old said he and his team were not aware of any such laws in the country. He wrote:
“Saint Lucia
I travelled over 40 hours to be with you guys and I was super excited to be performing here for first time in St Lucia.
I couldn’t perform today due to issues from the organisers. I tried my best to give you the best performance today, but my set was cut off, and my DJ taken off stage.
“My DJ was taken off stage because he said, ‘Make some f*cking noise’. We were not given any memo that we couldn’t use any curse word on stage.”
He said the organizers threatened to arrest him and his group if they insisted on performing. joeboy wrote:
“My DJ immediately apologised to the crowd but his Mic was cut off. I was still willing to perform but I was told I couldn’t and one of the promoters threatened to call security on us and also get us arrested. It was later decided that I couldn’t perform.
To my fans in St Lucia, I will certainly come back for you.
Pondeck”