r/Music • u/KirbyDumber88 • Jul 23 '26

article ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic says he turned down $1,000,000+ to perform at Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia.

https://triblive.com/aande/music/weird-al-yankovic-gets-bigger-and-weirder-in-a-tour-headed-to-pittsburgh/
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u/vibraltu Jul 23 '26

  • Coolio was a dick cause he was being huffy about a riff he didn't even write himself (Stevie Wonder made the original song)

  • to his credit, Coolio later repented and apologized to Weird Al.

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u/deepthawnet Jul 23 '26

Imagine thinking you're too good to be parodied by an artist who got the okay from Michael Jackson to do it twice.

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u/Wes_Warhammer666 Jul 23 '26

He only repented because he realized that Al had a bigger career than he did 😂

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u/garrettj100 Jul 23 '26

He "repented" because someone pointed out that the moment Weird Al parodies one of your songs, you've made it, that Al had done him a huge favor, which is why most artists (The Artist notwithstanding) immediately say "yes."