- Joey Bada$$ asked Twitter users whether he was mad to stare directly at the sun
- He suggested the lack of eyewear in the past could justify his dubious decision
- President Donald Trump was spotted also staring directly at the sun on Monday
A hip-hop artist has been forced to cancel his live tour after boasting about his plans to stare directly at the sun during Monday’s solar eclipse.
Joey Bada$$, who tweets under the name BADMON, told his 825,000 followers of his plan to ignore basic common sense on Monday.
The artist, famous for songs such as Amerikkkan Idol and Killuminati, advised fans : ‘Due to unforeseen circumstances, my Cleveland, Chicago & Toronto shows on the Everybody Tour are cancelled.’
Joey Bada$$, pictured here on August 20 in Rochester Michigan was forced to pull out of the Everybody’s Tour after staring directly at the sun on Monday while viewing the solar eclipse
Bada$$, pictured, told his fans on Twitter of his plan to look directly at the sun on Monday
Bada$$ told his disappointing fans he was pulling out of the tour for ‘unforeseen circumastances’ although anyone looking at his earlier tweets may have predicted it
Bada$$ asked whether he was crazy for looking at the eclipse without glasses
14 states across America witnessed a total solar eclipse on Monday, pictured
However, scrolling down through his twitter timeline, the circumstances for the cancellation were utterly predictable, with organizations such as NASA warning people against staring directly at the sun without taking appropriate precautions.
In a semi-literate tweet, he had earlier asked his followers: ‘Am I crazy for watching the eclipse today w no glasses? I’ve sungazed before and afterwards saw colors for a whole day. I didn’t die tho.’
In an attempt to justify his plan he wrote: ‘This ain’t the first solar eclipse and I’m pretty sure our ancestors ain’t have no fancy eyewear. Also pretty sure they ain’t all go blind.’