UPDATE: While no definitive cause has been nailed down as yet, A3C issued an official statement that festival organizers are working with law enforcement to determine what happened, however, rumors of a shooting were likely exaggerated. “We are still collecting information to determine exactly what happened,” it read. “Please be assured that the law enforcement officers present have confirmed that there were no weapons involved.”
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Atlanta’s A3C music conference ended suddenly on Sunday night, with audiences rushing out of the Lil Wayne set amidst chaos and pandemonium. Some claimed there was a brawl; others heard gunshots.
The culminating event came early into the rapper’s set, around 10:15pm EST on Sunday night. No official word yet on what occurred, but whatever happened was enough to end the conference abruptly and send people rushing into the streets.
I don’t know what happened but #a3c is over. Everybody started ducking while Lil Wayne was onstage like someone in the crowd had a gun.
Security rushed Wayne offstage and everybody ran.
— Jawn Flick (@kidnoble) October 8, 2018
Of course people got to fighting in the crowd during @LilTunechi set at A3C. And of COURSE when one person starts running, EVERYONE starts running. He literally only performed 3 songs. Smh
— Maybe: Jay (@6Gaawd) October 8, 2018
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Chaos inside the A3C festival. Thousands of people evacuating now. @11AliveNews pic.twitter.com/epb5sqR5tw
— Neima Abdulahi (@NeimerDreamer) October 8, 2018
Really fucked up what happened at A3C. Whatever happened.
— cozy ape✨ (@thegooodgal) October 8, 2018
Sad ending to A3C. Always such a positive environment and Wayne sounded great until everyone started running. Have a feeling it was a fight that people overreacted to
— Dan (@Oak_Aged) October 8, 2018
Hope everyone at A3C is safe!! 🙏🏽
— Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 8, 2018
The incident came after a successful A3C, which over the years has evolved from a combination of a networking hub and showcase for emerging audiences into a two-headed beast, one that also makes room for a music festival that attracts big names and legends.
Saturday night saw the Wu-Tang Clan reconverge to perform their classic debut album, Enter the 36 Chambers, all the way through, Billboard reported. Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s son, who goes by Young Dirty Bastard, filled in for his late father on “Shimmy Shimmy Ya.”
Lil Wayne’s latest album, Tha Carter V, just debuted at number one on the Billboard Charts, according to Billboard. It enjoyed the second-largest streaming week in history for an album.
Stay tuned for more information on what occurred at Lil Wayne’s show when it arrives.
