Back It Up: Music Stars Denied Entry Into Other Countries
Musicians stopped at the border.
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Jim Jones and Juelz Santana - Arrest records have caused several musicians to miss dates and lose money after they have been denied access into other countries. Jim Jones and Juelz Santana are the latest stars to feel the heat from the border patrol after the Diplomats were denied entry into Canada. The Harlem affiliates were blocked because of their rap sheets and lost out on $500 thousand dollars for an 11-date tour.According to TMZ, charges against the two include Juelz being arrested for terrorist threats and Jimmy brawling inside a casino. Jimmy also stated that he thought the arrests might be an issue, and they believed everything was good after their lawyers worked with immigration and the FBI on the matter.As Juelz and Jim have their diplomatic immunity revoked, check out a few more stars that have been denied entry into other countries. —Michael Harris (@IceBlueVA)(P...
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Chris Brown - The CBSA denied Chris Brown entry to Canada back in February and caused him to miss several dates in Canada with Tyga and Trey Songz. Breezy expressed his frustrations tweeting, "The good people of the Canadian government wouldn't allow me entry. I'll be back this summer and will hopefully see all my Canadian fans!" (Photo: Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
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Danny Brown - Danny Brown was denied entry into Canada in 2012 and 2013. 2013 was the final straw for the Detroit rapper after the Canadian Border Services Agency (CBSA) flexed once again and threw a monkey wrench into his 2 High to Die Tour with Action Bronson. Danny tweeted, “Sorry Canada .. I tried. That's so f****d up ... Did all this paperwork .. Paid all this money and still got denied .. I'm so sorry ... I know I'm not trying again .. It's a wrap on Canada bruh bruh ... My past continues to haunt me." (Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Ketel One)
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Game - Game had issues with Canada’s border agency back in April 2011 because of his gang ties, but managed to tweet his frustrations while in custody. Compton’s menace wrote, "Custom officials just denied me entry into Canada. I'm sorry 2 all my fans but I was misled by promoters & assured I would be able to enter.”(Photo: Charley Gallay/Getty Images for 2K)
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A$AP Rocky - A$AP Rocky, ScHoolyboy Q and Danny Brown were taking their Long Live A$AP Tour to Toronto until the CBSA denied all three artists entrance in 2012. A disappointed Rocky took to Twitter with, “COULDN'T MAKE IT ACROSS THE BORDER I APOLOGIZE TO THE FANS WE'RE RESCHEDULING A NEW DATE.”ScHoolboy Q added, “Canada don't f**k wit us druggys lol.”(Photo: Alex B. Huckle/Getty Images)
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Waka Flocka - Waka Flocka canceled his New Zealand and Australian shows last month after the Australian Government Department of Immigration and Border Protection got in the way. Waka’s request was denied because of his arrest record.(Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images)
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Coolio - Coolio was blocked from entering Australia back in 2009 because of previous drug charges. Canada also denied entry to the “Gangsta’s Paradise” MC in 2013 when they put a halt to a string of dates in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec City because of an old gun charge. (Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Spike TV)
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Hopsin - Hopsin also missed his Canadian performance back in October 2012. He addressed his fans via Facebook stating, “To All The Toronto Fans: Due to a small issue at immigration today I was unfortunately not able to get over the border and need to reschedule my show. We are handling the issue now so that I'll be good to go once everything is rescheduled. We're going to move it to a bigger venue to so that everyone who wasn't able to buy tickets can get in. I'll have all the information for you shortly.”(Photo: Chris Loomis/Press Line Photos)
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Snoop Dogg - Back in 2007, Australia didn’t want any part of the Dogg Father and denied his entrance because of his long rap sheet. Snoop was supposed to be flying to Sydney to co-host the MTV Australia Video Music Awards. England also imposed a ban on Snoop after he and his crew were involved in an airport brawl in 2006.(Photo: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)
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M1 - The Canada Border Services Agency said no to M1 of dead prez in January as he was scheduled to appear at a Black History Month event held by the FRO Foundation in downtown Montreal. M-1 took a video with his phone while at the airport saying, "I'm here today to report to you that I have been denied entry into Canada because of their miscellaneous policies which I can sometimes attribute to racial profiling.”(Photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)
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