GRAMERCY — A concert at Irving Plaza by Bedford-Stuyvesant rapper Joey Bada$$ has been canceled, the artist tweeted on Wednesday. The announcement came amid reports of additional cancellations a week after a deadly shooting at the club that killed one and injured three.
Joey Bada$$, whose real name is Jo-Vaughn Virginie Scott, was scheduled to perform at the venue on Thursday in a show produced by Governors Ball, but announced on Wednesday afternoon that the show had been canceled.
The news comes a week after a deadly shooting during a T.I. show at the club, which resulted in the arrest of Brooklyn rapper Troy Ave. In a comment to Rolling Stone, a representative of Irving Plaza and Gramercy Theatre said the decision was made to cancel or postpone six shows out of "an overabundance of caution" following last week's violence.
Scott initially tweeted on Wednesday that the NYPD had canceled the show, but deleted that tweet, replacing it with a message reaffirming the cancelation and encouraging fans to join him at a GStar store in SoHo on Wednesday afternoon.
NYC: They cancelled my show tmrw so we gon party. Meet me at 270 Layfatette St (G STAR SOHO LOCATION) @ 4PM TODAY‼️‼️
— BADMON (@joeyBADASS) June 1, 2016
Additional canceled or postponed shows include Mac Miller, who was scheduled to play Irving Plaza on Friday and Vince Staples who was set to play the venue Saturday, according to Rolling Stone.
Gramercy Theatre shows that were canceled or postponed included those featuring Guns N' Roses cover band Appetite for Destruction, scheduled for Friday; rock duo Black Pistol Fire on Saturday; and rapper YG on Monday, Rolling Stone reported.
Irving Plaza reopened on Wednesday, a week after a dispute in the club’s VIP room led to rapper Troy Ave opening fire with a handgun in a shooting that took the life of his bodyguard, Ronald McPhatter, 33.
Tickets still appeared to be on sale on Wednesday afternoon for the Joey Bada$$ show, but representatives of the theater and Governors Ball did not immediately return requests for comment. A police spokesman told DNAinfo New York he had no information about the concert.
People were already in line by late afternoon on Wednesday for a Led Zeppelin cover performance by the band Train at the club. That show appeared to be going forward, with employees setting up metal barriers outside for the line.
The club was also allowing people who had been at the T.I. concert last week to collect the items they had left at coat check when they fled the gunfire.
Ashlee Barker, 32, of Flushing, said she had left behind her backpack when she and a friend fled the club last week, leaving her without her keys, her wallet, or her MetroCard.
Barker was standing on the floor of the venue near the bar when people started pushing and running from a commotion, which was likely the first several shots that broke out, she said. As she was trying to figure out what was going on, more shots rang out, she said.
“It was kind of surreal because I thought it was just a fight, but then I heard the shots, and it was really scary,” she said. “I was kind of in a trance.”
Barker made it out, but she had to stay with her friend for several nights because her keys were still at coat check, she said. The ordeal was a major inconvenience, but Barker said she was glad to be safe and said she felt for the people wounded and killed in the shooting.
