Steve Lacy has a unhealthy behavior, and it’s not destroying different individuals’s property.
The rising star had a second on stage Monday night time (Oct. 24) in New Orleans when, throughout a efficiency of his breakout hit “Unhealthy Behavior,” he demolished a spectator’s disposable digital camera.
In fan-filmed footage doing the rounds on social media, Lacy is hit by a digital camera, tossed by somebody close to the entrance of stage.
A second later, an outreached hand passes Lacy a disposable digital camera — it’s unclear if it’s the identical object that hit the singer — which he promptly smashes.
Quickly after, Lacy reportedly wrapped his present early at Orpheum Theater.
Social media customers have weighed in, some in help of the 24-year-old singer and his dramatic departure, others claiming he overreacted.
Now, Lacy has shared his ideas. Briefly, he has nothing to apologize for.
Writing on Instagram, Lacy feedback, “My exhibits been enjoyable as hell! shoutout to the individuals not throwing disposable cameras at me and simply coming to catch a vibe and join. I had a extremely good time in nola final night time. I hate that the great thing about the connection I’ve with so many individuals within the crowd-gets misplaced when one thing detrimental occurs.”
He provides, “I don’t imagine I owe anybody an apology – perhaps I might’ve reacted higher? Certain. All the time. I’m a pupil of life. However I’m an actual individual with actual emotions and actual reactions.”
Throwing projectiles at performing artists hardly ever ends properly. “I’m not a product or a robotic. I’m human,” Lacy continues. “I’ll proceed to present my all at these exhibits. please include respect for urself and others please thanks love u.”
Lacy was elevated to the massive league with “Unhealthy Behavior,” which spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Sizzling 100 chart earlier this yr.
Lifted from the highest 10 album Gemini Rights, “Unhealthy Behavior” bagged one other milestone by coming the primary track ever to concurrently high Billboard’s Sizzling R&B/Hip-Hop Songs, Sizzling R&B Songs, Sizzling Rock & Different Songs, Sizzling Rock Songs and Sizzling Different Songs charts.