PHILADELPHIA — Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia.
The rapper and actor had been scheduled to appear at the Wawa Welcome America Festival on Friday, along with R&B singer and Philadelphia native Jazmine Sullivan and other performers.
LL Cool J said in a video posted on social media that “there’s absolutely no way that I can perform, cross a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage.”
“I hope, I hope, I hope that, you know, the mayor and the city can make a deal. I hope it works out,” he said.
LL Cool J also said that he never wants to disappoint his fans and that he plans to be in Philadelphia in case an