Post by cjravenfan91 on Aug 5, 2010 22:04:24 GMT 8
Performing in Phoenix, Lady Gaga has blasted high-profile chart toppers who have boycotted Arizona over the state's controversial new immigration laws.
Music industry heavyweights including Kanye West, Rage Against The Machine, and Maroon 5 have protested against the legislation that gives police the power to arrest anyone they suspect may be an illegal immigrant.
But the Bad Romance singer has refused to succumb to peer pressure and took to the stage, slamming those performers who have sought to enforce change via their boycott.
'I got a phone call from a couple of really big rock 'n' rollers, big pop stars, big rappers. They said, 'We'd like you to boycott Arizona because of SB 1070,” Gaga said, The Sun reports.
'And I said, 'Do you really think that us dumb f***ing pop stars are going to collapse the economy of Arizona?'
The performer, who this week racked up 13 Video Music Award nominations, raged: 'I want you to let go of all of your insecurities. I want you to reject any person or anything or any law that has ever made you feel like you don't belong. I will not cancel my show. I will yell and I will scream louder and I will hold you, and we will hold each other, and we will protest this state.'
Gaga added: 'Do not be afraid. Because if it wasn't for all of you immigrants, this country wouldn't have shit. And I mean it. I mean it so deeply in my soul.'
Music industry heavyweights including Kanye West, Rage Against The Machine, and Maroon 5 have protested against the legislation that gives police the power to arrest anyone they suspect may be an illegal immigrant.
But the Bad Romance singer has refused to succumb to peer pressure and took to the stage, slamming those performers who have sought to enforce change via their boycott.
'I got a phone call from a couple of really big rock 'n' rollers, big pop stars, big rappers. They said, 'We'd like you to boycott Arizona because of SB 1070,” Gaga said, The Sun reports.
'And I said, 'Do you really think that us dumb f***ing pop stars are going to collapse the economy of Arizona?'
The performer, who this week racked up 13 Video Music Award nominations, raged: 'I want you to let go of all of your insecurities. I want you to reject any person or anything or any law that has ever made you feel like you don't belong. I will not cancel my show. I will yell and I will scream louder and I will hold you, and we will hold each other, and we will protest this state.'
Gaga added: 'Do not be afraid. Because if it wasn't for all of you immigrants, this country wouldn't have shit. And I mean it. I mean it so deeply in my soul.'
