I checked out the facebook pages, it would appear that what happened was that college students took certain statements by the band and claimed that they weren't anti racist enough and used the argument of culture appropiation and culture respect and how the band wasn't respectful enough.
A popular Afrobeat band from Western Massachusetts that was slated to perform at Hampshire College's annual Halloween party had their performance canceled at the last minute after students expressed concern that the band was "too white."
College Cancels Performance by Afrobeat Band Deemed 'Too White'Expand
In a statement released by Shokazoba shortly after the abrupt cancellation, the band blamed "30 students" who complained "that we were too white to play Afro-beat."
The school's HYPE Committee, which organized Friday's Hampshire Halloween event, released its own statement saying it made the decision to pull the "predominantly white" Shokazoba from the line-up after students expressed concerns "about cultural appropriation and the need to respect marginalized cultures."
Though the school claims the decision was "not based on the band’s racial identity" but rather "on the intensity and tone" of the "increasingly aggressive" comments left on the committee's Facebook page, Shokazoba insists it was "discriminated against by people who had never even met us or heard one note of our music."
The band's keyboard player, Jason Moses, told The Republican he and his bandmates met with the event's organizers, who partly blamed Shokazoba for the outcome, saying they enhanced tensions "by responding to the negativity voiced online."
Despite the cancellation, Hampshire College planned to pay Shokazoba in full for their trouble.
[H/T: Fark, photos via Facebook]
The original comments have long been removed, but it seems that the band got offended and went on an attack of their own which led to a troll war which led to them being cancelled......
Anyone got any more details about this incident? I mean, a quick look through facebook and the web shows that this isn't even The Blue Brothers, which was a joke gig. Its a white band which decided to play Afro Beat music and their lyrics are pretty liberal and counter-culture...........