Written By: White Chicks On RapOne of England’s well known and respected music festivals is creating controversy.
Festival organizers have added Jay-Z to the lineup and some from the music community have come out to complain.
Noel Gallagher of Oasis said that "I'm not having hip-hop at Glastonbury. It's wrong."
Dizzie Rascal (a UK rapper) said "I don't know if Jay-Z has got that cross over element. Kanye West or Eminem, they've both got that. Jay-Z is a bit of a funny one”, but he added that “It's amazing to me man, as a fan that's just like wow, I never saw that coming and I could never picture Jay-Z at Glastonbury but it's all good."
Emily Eavis (organizer) said that she does not understand Noel’s comments as Glastonbury has hosted other rap acts such as De La Soul, Cypress Hill and The Roots to great success. Emily also addressed the issue raised by critics that Jay-Z was booked only to help poor ticket sales by saying that "Glastonbury has always managed to attract a diversity of acts, which is, I hope, part of its unique appeal."
Ticket sales have spiked because of the news and time will tell if Jay-Z performance is a success.
