In an interview, the British musician and former Pink Floyd band member said he was \u0027far, far more important\u0027 than the Canadian artists
Waters has been in North America for his This is Not a Drill tour. His recent shows were in Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. He asked a reporter if there were “any theories as to” why his two concerts in Toronto were not being reviewed in anwith The Globe and Mail. The reporter was assigned to cover the Weeknd’s show at the Rogers Centre, although it was later cancelled, to which Waters continued that it “seemed odd.
“And by the way, with all due respect to the Weeknd or Drake or any of them, I am far, far, far more important than any of them will ever be, however many billions of streams they’ve got,” said the British musician. On social media, fans were upset about what Waters had to say. One person pointed out that Waters discounted an entire genre of music with his comment.Article content
“Interesting, since he admits he is willfully ignorant of hip-hop, an art form far more popular than anything he’s done,” theyRoger Waters acting like a true selfish privileged white boomer when comparing himself to Drake and the Weeknd.
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