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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Jessica Murray Midlands correspondent

Rapper Pa Salieu ‘dropped’ from Commonwealth Games closing ceremony

Pa Salieu performing in Coventry, England, earlier this year.
Pa Salieu performing in Coventry, England, earlier this year. Photograph: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

The British rapper Pa Salieu has said he has been blocked from performing at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony because of a “failed background check”.

The 24-year-old musician from Coventry was acquitted in March of engaging in violent disorder during a mass brawl, in which his friend Fidel Glasgow was knifed to death.

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