Smokepurpp is defending himself after a video has gone viral of the South Florida rapper performing to a largely empty crowd.
Presently, Smokepurpp is on the second leg of his We Exterior Tour. Throughout a latest present in Michigan on April 16, video was captured of the “Duck” rhymer’s set, which exhibits him rapping to a far lower than capability crowd. Within the video, Purpp performs his track “123.” Whereas there look like a pair dozen enthusiastic followers close to the entrance of the stage, the digicam pans to the suitable to point out that the venue is generally devoid of individuals.
“Smokepurpp performing in entrance of a wild crowd of 10 folks in Pontiac Michigan. Was a film fr,” the one that uploaded the video to TikTok famous.
The video clip went viral with folks commenting on the incident on social media.
“Smokepurpp startin from the underside once more,” one particular person tweeted.
“Smokepurpp is at present on tour performing with extra folks on the stage than the group,” one other particular person typed. “Smokepurpp was promoting out exhibits till he dissed J. Cole, we’ve witnessed his downfall through the years, the 1985 impact is actual.”
“It’s brazy Smokepurpp wrote successful for Kanye however be getting clowned on-line for not having the ability to pack a venue,” one other particular person posted. “These new artists be writing a few of your favourite songs however y’all proceed to trash them as a result of they’re reachable.”
On Monday (April 18), Smokepurpp acknowledged the chatter about his sparsely attended present and reacted on Instagram. He posted a video of highlights from the completely different tour stops together with the caption, “Tour been lit DONT BELIEVE THE HYPE, I like what I do and ima give my followers a present regardless, I guess they gained’t submit this tho.. WE OUTSIDE !¡ NEXT STOP : EAST COAST 📍🍾🕺Ticket hyperlink in bio 💪🏽.”
Smokepurpp lately made headlines for claiming that Kanye West owes him $9 million over his writing credit score on Lil Pump and Ye’s single “I Love It.”
See extra reactions to Smokepurpp’s viral present video under.
