LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan skip July Fourth event to support Philadelphia union

Hip-hop legend LL Cool J announced that he was pulling out of a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of municipal workers’ ongoing strike in the city.“There’s absolutely no way that I could perform, cross a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage,” he said Thursday in a video posted on X.He made the announcement the night before the Wawa Welcome America Festival, Philadelphia’s annual July Fourth celebration.

Hip-hop legend LL Cool J announced that he was pulling out of a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of municipal workers’ ongoing strike in the city.

“There’s absolutely no way that I could perform, cross a picket line and pick up money when I know that people are out there fighting for a living wage,” he said Thursday in a video posted on X.

He made the announcement the night before the Wawa Welcome America Festival, Philadelphia’s annual July Fourth celebration. LL Cool J was set to headline the festival along with Grammy-winning singer Jazmine Sullivan.

He continued by saying he hoped “the city can make a deal” and that he plans to be in Philadelphia “in case it works out.”

The union, District Council 33 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, began its strike at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday morning after no new agreement for a higher-paying contract was reached. Union members are responsible for essential public services, such as 911 dispatch and sanitation.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ll-cool-j-jazmine-sullivan-philadelphia-fourth-july-festival-rcna216983


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