Steve Lacy Says He Will not Apologize for Smashing Digital camera at Live performance

Throughout a efficiency of Steve Lacy’s “Unhealthy Behavior” in New Orleans on Oct. 21, the chart-topping musician had a brief and direct response to being hit with a digicam {that a} concert-goer threw on stage.

In fan movies captured from the balcony of the Orpheum Theater, Lacy put a halt to his present to inform the viewers members to not “throw shit on my fucking stage. Please!” For a short second, Lacy seemed to be strolling to the again of the platform, solely to show round and ask somebody within the entrance row for his or her digicam.

After the fan obliged, the singer threw the digicam throughout the stage as a number of the crowd clapped and others gasped. Strolling off the stage, he ended the present by saying, “Yeah, that’s it. Peace.”

Though he lower the tune quick, “Unhealthy Behavior” is often his set’s nearer. He didn’t come again on stage after the altercation and remained quiet on socials till Tuesday night, when he wrote on Instagram:

“Shoutout to the individuals not throwing disposable cameras at me and simply coming to catch a vibe and join,” he wrote. “I had a very good time in nola final evening. I hate that the great thing about the connection I’ve with so many individuals within the crowd will get misplaced when one thing destructive occurs.”

“I don’t imagine I owe anybody an apology,” he added. “Perhaps I might’ve reacted higher? Positive. All the time. I’m a scholar of life. However I’m an actual particular person with actual emotions and actual reactions. I’m not a product or a robotic. I’m human. I’ll proceed to offer my all at these exhibits. Please include respect for urself and others please thanks love u.”

Earlier this 12 months, Child Cudi made headlines when he ended his set at Rolling Loud Miami (solely 4 songs in) after getting pelted with empty water bottles.

“Yo, I’ll stroll off this stage when you all throw yet one more fucking factor up right here, I’ll depart, I’ll depart proper now,” he mentioned after the impression. Nearly instantly, one other water bottle was thrown at Cudi and he walked off.

Talking on the incident with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, Cudi mentioned: “It’s purported to be an unstated settlement amongst artists and followers, that you simply’re supposed to offer the utmost respect and never intrude with the efficiency.”

Lacy has been on tour supporting his second solo album “Gemini Rights,” which debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard 200. Lacy has been having fairly the 12 months, because of the TikTok-fueled success of his first No. 1 single, “Unhealthy Behavior.”