NEW YORK - Two of the nine artists who were announced as headliners for a concert series celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States have publicly backed out of the event, a day after the lineup was released.
On Wednesday, the committee in charge of the shows announced the performers scheduled to take the stage in Washington between June 25 and July 10 -- listing a bevy of performers who haven't had a hit in decades, like rapper Vanilla Ice, C+C Music Factory, and half of the duo best known for lip-syncing, Milli Vanilli (the other member died in 1998).
But rapper Young MC, best known for 1989's "Bust a Move," wrote on Instagram that he "will not be performing at the Freedom 250 event," noting that SPIN magazine called it "Trump-backed" but "the artists were never told about any political involvement with the event."
