Fans of NBA YoungBoy were left stunned Tuesday night when the United Center abruptly canceled the rapper’s hotly-anticipated show less than 24 hours before he was set to take the stage.
“The United Center has made the decision to cancel the NBA YoungBoy show scheduled for Wednesday, September 24 in Chicago,” read a notice posted to the venue’s official website. The statement offered no reason for the decision, but assured ticketholders that Ticketmaster purchases would be refunded automatically. Those who bought from third-party sellers were directed to “reach out to your point of purchase.”
Initially, disappointed fans flooded the event page’s comment section with frustrations, though the venue later disabled the feature.
NBA YoungBoy’s manager, Alex Junnier, hopped on X, formerly Twitter and tagged United Center’s senior VP of operations, Joe Myhra, in an Instagram post accusing him of shutting down the event because he “didn’t want us to have fun.”
A representative for United Center, reached by the Chicago Sun-Times, declined to elaborate on the cancellation.
The canceled show follows an incident just two days earlier in Kansas City, Missouri, where two people, including a venue employee, were injured after a fan assault at another stop on YoungBoy’s nationwide MASA (“Make America Slime Again”) Tour.
Last October, a shooting outside the United Center during a Lil Durk concert left 18-year-old Jesse Kendall dead in an attempted robbery. YoungBoy and Lil Durk have a long-running beef, which has already resulted in a fatality.