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Lil Xan has revealed that he was charged more than $200,000 for a feature from a Playboi Carti doppelgänger and warned his fans to be aware of thieving copycats in rap.
Xan aired his grievances on his Instagram Story, writing: “These new rappers tryna charge 200k that’s crazy! My guy yall copying playboi please stop yall worth at the most 20k fr fr.”
The claim comes as Xan attempts to get back to work after his Born Dead Tour fell apart last summer. The Xanarchy rapper contentiously dropped out of the tour, accusing opening acts Dropout Kings of “taking advantage” of him by failing to provide him with proper travel arrangements for the 17-date run. The Dropout Kings told HipHopDX Xan’s claims had no merit, and that he left them high and dry on the tour’s opening date.
“The narrative Lil Xan is spinning simply isn’t true,” Dropout Kings tell DX. “He dropped off of the tour at the last second and tried to place the blame on our team instead of holding himself accountable. We don’t share management with Lil Xan, so no idea why he brought our management into this. How could our management take advantage of him when they don’t represent him?
“In what world is the supporting act supposed to handle travel accommodations for the headlining act? We spent a lot of time and money preparing for this tour and for him to blame us is wild. He even hit us up a week before the tour saying he was excited to meet us on tour.”
Lil Xan further made his case and continued to insist the Dropout Kings were just using his name to help sell the tour.
“Dam man I can never get a break,” he wrote at the time. “It’s always a L for Xan when I say this had nothing to do with bad ticket sales, I was even surprised how good they were selling for only having one album out ever but everyone doesn’t know how fucked of a deal it was for me? They were tryna use my name to increase their agency’s artist career.
“I’ve been taken advantage of before and learned from my mistakes. Like if this was my tour or had more control of it wouldn’t you think I’d have my brother @stevecannon on it like every other tour I’ve done? C’mon man.”
Lil Xan’s last-minute cancellation cost all the opening acts thousands of dollars in van and crew rentals, as well as merchandise that was printed in advance of tour.
10cc drummer Paul Burgess has announced that he is leaving the band because the demands of touring have become too much for him.
The 75-year-old musician, who also spent time performing with Jethro Tull, Camel, Magna Carta, and The Icicle Works, has chosen to walk away from the legendary rock group after more than five decades.
He shared: “After so many wonderful years with 10cc, I must admit that the rigours of touring are no longer manageable for me as I get older, and I feel it’s time to let go of the long hours in airports and endless travel on buses.
“I’m not planning to stop playing altogether. I will still perform but at a pace that feels right, working alongside old friends and a new group of fellow musicians called The Guilty Men.”
Frontman Graham Gouldman confessed that it will feel unusual to perform without his “longest-running musical associate.”
He explained: “When Paul and I first joined forces in 10cc, we never could have imagined that we’d still be at it after 30 years, let alone 52.
“Paul has been my longest musical partner and it will feel different to turn around and see another drummer, but I completely understand why he no longer wants to sit on a plane for 14 hours or wake up in a new hotel every day for weeks at a time.”
Ben Stone, who has previously played with Mike and The Mechanics and Bonnie Tyler, will be taking over on drums.
Paul, who had several runs with 10cc after joining in 1973, performed his final show with the I’m Not In Love band in Alexandria, Virginia this past September.
The group is set to continue their And Another Bloody Greatest Hits Tour in the UK next year.
