A human rights group is asking Tyga to cancel an upcoming show in Belarus, claiming the rapper is a pawn in the upcoming election that could end the 26-year reign of dictator Alexander Lushashenko.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the U.S.-based Human Rights Foundation has requested that Tyga (whose real name is Michael Ray Stevenson) withdraw from his Aug.
8 performance at Hip Hop Fireworks in the Belarusian capital of Minsk, pointing out that the government-sponsored event is scheduled for the night before the country’s presidential election and is part of a “plan to distract protestors from gathering at opposition rallies.” In a letter sent to the rapper, the foundation implies that Tyga is an unwitting pawn in a larger scheme,
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