Cyrus Langhorne
Grammy-winning singer Rihanna has jumped to the forefront to lash out at the National Football League and CBS over pulling her catchy "Run This Town" from a broadcast last week.
RiRi hopped onto social media to lash out over the song being omitted from last week’s “Thursday Night Football” game and having it slated to return.
CBS you pulled my song last week, now you wanna slide it back in this Thursday? NO, Fuck you! Y'all are sad for penalizing me for this.
— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 16, 2014
The audacity…
— Rihanna (@rihanna) September 16, 2014
This is what originally ticked off Rihanna…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yVA-xTBeHyM
Reports claim CBS and the NFL want to bring back the track for this week’s broadcast.
Now, with a little distance from the Rice case, CBS wanted to use “Run This Town” for the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Atlanta Falcons. (Washington Post)
RiRi and music mogul Jay Z‘s “Run This Town” had their hit song shot down for last week’s Baltimore Ravens game.
The chairman of CBS Sports, which will simulcast the game, told Sports Illustrated that the broadcasters weren’t overreacting to the scandal over the NFL’s reaction to the Ray Rice incident. “We thought … we needed to have the appropriate tone and coverage,” Sean McManus said. “A lot of the production elements we wanted in the show are being eliminated because of time or tone.” (KSPR News)
The NFL planned on having the 2009 anthem play before every “Thursday Night Football” match.
According to an NFL press release, a custom opening sequence featuring music by Rihanna with a voiceover from Don Cheadle will play before every Thursday Night Football game this season, beginning with the Ravens game tonight. (TIME)
No stranger to domestic violence, R&B singer Chris Brown notoriously attacked Rihanna in 2009.
Rihanna was the victim of domestic violence in February 2009 when she was assaulted by her then-boyfriend, Chris Brown. After beating Rihanna with his fists, Brown entered a guilty plea to one felony count of assault and was sentenced to probation, counseling and community service. (CNN)
I kinda feel her because if they pulled it because they felt it wasnt cool for opening week then it shouldnt be cool anytime if thats how they are looking at things. At the same time the NFL is a big look and a lot more exposure. Ida probably just let em use it and keep collecting my money.
You know you made it when you can tell the NFL to fuck off.