Last month, New York rapper Joey Bada$$ abruptly canceled his Dark Aura Tour with Ab-Soul, weeks later, he is finally revealing why he made the decision.
According to Bada$$, he canceled the tour to protect his mental health.
“I thought about how to address this, and I’m gonna choose honesty,” Joey said on Black Out With Ian & Rashad. “My honest truth of why I canceled the tour was my mental health was just not aligned with it. I did not feel mentally fit enough to embark on this journey. I got my 5-month-old son. We tryng ot figure out vaccinations and all this stuff. It’s just such a critical time. My energy level is at a all-time low.”
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The rapper also dismissed rumors that the tour was canceled due to low ticket sales.
“I see a lot of people saying, ‘Obviously, the tickets didn’t sell,”” Joey added. “Listen, I been touring a long time. Tickets sell…I had to choose me. And I’m really sincerely sorry about all of my fans that I’ve disappointed and let down…I just didn’t have the bandwidth myself.”