Having performed at Melbourne and Perth over the weekend at Listen Out, Southern rapper Future has cancelled the remainder of his dates at the festival.

According to a statement from Listen Out, a friend of Future’s has passed away, and thus he will not be performing at the Sydney or Brisbane dates this weekend:

Stay tuned for more information soon.

I always gave racism a cold shoulder because my real brother Is a white guy by the name of Seth Firkins. I got a call saying u died in your sleep? First thing came to my mind is, why are you sleep at 5am? That’s when we record our best shit & I tell u “don’t” fall asleep we got more work to do.. but somethin told me I should’ve been at home recording for some reason. I was saying this in my head, then bad news beat me home! I love u beyond this post, I will cherish u forever big bro, I just wish u would’ve text me & told me u was going to sleep and i wasn’t going to be able to wake u up this time…the family will miss u 1000%!! No kap in my game kid, rest well my brother. Rest well. ?

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