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  • Ariana Grande Pays Tribute to Late ‘Gramps’ at ‘Stand Up to Cancer’ Telethon

    Ariana Grande paid tribute to her late grandfather Friday at this year’s Stand Up to Cancer telethon.

    The 21-year-old songstress gave a moving performance of her song, My Everything, for her beloved grandfather, who died in July following a lengthy battle with cancer.

    “Supporting a cause that is near & dear to my heart. tonight I’m singing for grandps! i miss u,” Grande tweeted before taking the stage Friday at the Los Angeles event.

    The telethon, which was broadcast to dozens of broadcast and cable networks, also featured performances by The Dave Matthews Band, The Who, Jennifer Hudson, Lupe Fiasco, and Common.

    It was obviously a difficult performance to get through for the worldwide singing sensation.

    This was the fourth Stand Up to Cancer telethon, which raises money to support research for new cancer treatments. Gwyneth Paltrow and Joel Gallen returned to produce this year’s telethon for a second time.

    Others on hand for the telethon included Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jane Lynch, Jesse Tyler, and many more.

  • Lupe Fiasco Incident Gets Him Kicked Offstage

    Lupe Fiasco may have been invited to perform at President Obama’s inaugural concert, but that doesn’t mean he supports the current administration. In fact, he used the stage as a platform to rail Obama and proceeded to perform a long (30-minutes plus) anti-war song.

    Fiasco, who has been vocal about his displeasure with Obama’s time in office, told audiences he didn’t vote for him this time around, which earned the singer some jeers from the crowd. He was quickly told to move on with his show and refused, causing security to rush the stage and usher him off.

    StartUp RockOn, the group which organized the event, released a statement about the incident and were adamant about the fact that it was not an attempt to stifle Fiasco’s opinons, but rather to keep the audience happy.

    StartUp RockOn is all about startups helping startups. At Sunday night’s Inauguration Celebration at the Hamilton Live, organizers set out to honor innovative visionaries with grants, accolades and a party worthy of the success we achieved at the RNC and DNC this summer. Lupe Fiasco performed at this private event, and as you may have read, he left the stage earlier than we had planned. But Lupe Fiasco was not “kicked off stage” for an “anti-Obama rant.” We are staunch supporters of free speech, and free political speech. This was not about his opinions. Instead, after a bizarrely repetitive, jarring performance that left the crowd vocally dissatisfied, organizers decided to move on to the next act. Lupe Fiasco repeated the one song for more than 40 minutes.