{"id":321240,"date":"2024-05-30T11:10:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=321240"},"modified":"2024-05-30T11:31:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T16:31:19","slug":"detroits-motorcity-casino-canceled-brian-mcknight-gig-after-fan-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/detroits-motorcity-casino-canceled-brian-mcknight-gig-after-fan-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit\u2019s MotorCity Casino Canceled Brian McKnight Gig After Fan Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Brian McKnight concert scheduled for June 9 was canceled by Detroit\u2019s MotorCity Casino Hotel not long after it was announced via the resort\u2019s Facebook page.<\/p>\n

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Brian McKnight is an R&B singer who scored four Top 10 albums, 17 Grammy nominations, and a No. 2 pop hit, \u201cBack at One,\u201d in the late \u201890s and early 2000s. (Image: facts.net)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The casino provided no reason for its decision. However, it has since become clear, according to a new report in The Source,<\/em> that it was influenced by a flood of negative comments from self-described \u201cformer fans\u201d who were outraged over comments McKnight made in a viral social media video.<\/p>\n

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In the viral clip, posted to TikTok on April 14, the R&B singer called his eldest two sons \u201cproducts of sin.\u201d Brian Jr. and Niko were born to McKnight and his ex-wife, Julie McKnight, before they married.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

McKnight, who was raised in the Seventh-day Adventist church, added in the clip that people must \u201cget rid of the evil and the negativity, even if that evil and negativity is related\u201d to them.<\/p>\n

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Ticketmaster’s vague cancelation notice. (Image: Ticketmaster)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Not Still in Love<\/h2>\n

Among the negative comments that piled up beneath MotorCity\u2019s concert announcement were the following\u2026<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has to be a narcissist to even think he still has a fan base after the way he\u2019s treated (his) children.\u201d — Lesley Hal<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a superfan of Brian McKnight, his recent actions have saddened me greatly. He is such a talented singer but sheesh \u2026 I can\u2019t support his music anymore.\u201d — Asha K Jones-Wade<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t go if they were giving away the tickets!!!!\u201d — Andria Walker.<\/p>\n

At first, the casino turned off commenting on its post. Ultimately, though, it decided to cancel McKnight’s concert.<\/p>\n

McKnight has six children in total, including two stepchildren with his current wife, pediatric neurophysiologist Leilani Mendoza.<\/p>\n

In the controversial TikTok video, McKnight called Julia McPhee, one of his stepchildren with Mendoza, his \u201conly daughter,\u201d even though his children also include Briana Knight, whom he fathered with ex-girlfriend Patricia Driver.<\/p>\n

Briana is illegitimate and I don\u2019t acknowledge her existence,\u201d the singer said when questioned about her in the same video. \u201cShe is definitely not my daughter. Thanks for letting me make that clear again, though.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

McKnight has eight concert dates on his current Ticketmaster calendar. Running through Dec. 20, they include June 1 at Pala Casino near San Diego and July 12 at the Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City.<\/p>\n

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