{"id":171293,"date":"2025-07-06T15:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/06\/ll-cool-j-and-jazmine-sullivan-cancel-philadelphia-fest-appearances-in-support-of-city-workers-strike-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-06T15:07:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-06T19:07:17","slug":"ll-cool-j-and-jazmine-sullivan-cancel-philadelphia-fest-appearances-in-support-of-city-workers-strike-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2025\/07\/06\/ll-cool-j-and-jazmine-sullivan-cancel-philadelphia-fest-appearances-in-support-of-city-workers-strike-2\/","title":{"rendered":"LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan Cancel Philadelphia Fest Appearances in Support of City Workers\u2019\u00a0Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tLL Cool J<\/a> and Jazmine Sullivan<\/a> said they wouldn\u2019t perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike\u00a0by nearly 10,000 city workers.<\/p>\n

\n\tLL Cool J had been scheduled to appear at the Wawa Welcome America Festival on Friday, along with Sullivan and other performers.<\/p>\n

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\n\tIn a video posted on social media, he said that \u201cthere\u2019s 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI hope, I hope, I hope that, you know, the mayor and the city can make a deal. I hope it works out,\u201d the rapper said.<\/p>\n

\n\tLL Cool J also said that he never wants to disappoint his fans and that he planned to be in Philadelphia in case an agreement is reached.<\/p>\n

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