VIDEO: T-Pain Gets Angry At Crowd During Major Eastern Iowa Fair

I was at the Minnesota vs. Iowa football game last year when Cooper DeJean's game-winning punt return was called back. The crowd that left the T-Pain concert at the Mississippi Valley Fair on Thursday had the same tone as the crowd that left Kinnick Stadium that Saturday afternoon in October. Sad, embarrassed, angry, confused, and every other negative emotion in between.

Just like the few idiots (the referees and replay officials) who ruined the Iowa game last year, a few idiots in Davenport attempted to ruin one amazing performance by T-Pain by throwing things on stage. And those idiots are primarily teenagers and I'm sure a handful of adults that can't seem to grow up.

As the radio host who introduced T-Pain on Thursday and watched every single second of what happened, I want to do two things in this article. First, I want to tell you a few things you can do to make sure the idiots don't attempt to ruin another Mississippi Valley Fair grandstand concert. And secondly, I want the record straight with the Quad-City Times fella who said we got booed when throwing out shirts.

T-Pain Goes Off On Mississippi Valley Fair Crowd

In the middle of his set on the grandstand stage at the Mississippi Valley Fair on Thursday night, T-Pain stopped the show to tell the crowd something they might not know. He can leave if he wants, especially if he's feeling disrespected, and he definitely was.

He was feeling disrespected because people were throwing things in the crowd and eventually on stage. This beer which got thrown at him on the stage is what set him off.

After that Busch Light can splattered beer on the thrust of the stage and landed between T-Pain and his DJ, T-Pain had enough and went off, as he should have.

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The video below shows him in the middle of almost a 3-minute about feeling disrespected and informing the crowd he can leave if he wants. In every contract for every artist in every genre of music, they have a clause that essentially says that if they feel threatened or in danger, they can cut the show short and still get paid. That includes things getting thrown at them.

Luckily, T-Pain is a nice enough guy and patient enough that he ended up doing the rest of the show, except for maybe the last 15 minutes or so.

But as T-Pain points out in this scolding of the crowd, the people disrespecting him and throwing stuff are a few pieces of sh*t. While I don't need to be nice to that small group of people, I'll call them idiots for the rest of this article.

If you plan to go onto the track and into the pit for Bret Michaels, Alice Cooper, and Scotty McCreery, as not an idiot throwing beer cans, there are some things you can do.

What I Can Do As Not An Idiot In The MVF Pit

Those in the pit for T-Pain were probably standing next to a few of those idiots throwing things and making T-Pain upset. If you were one of those concertgoers next to the moron teenagers and young adults acting like children throwing beers, you now have an obligation for the rest of this fair and for every fair moving forward.

See something, say something. There are more security personnel and law enforcement officers at each concert every night than you can shake a stick at. The reason why they couldn't remove or arrest the people throwing stuff is because it's impossible for the most part to see who threw what. Honestly, the artist performing has the best view. But if you're near someone throwing crap like empty or even somewhat full beer cans, you need to alert the authorities immediately.

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No, you're not tattle-telling on anyone, you're getting the idiots out of the pit and hopefully, off of the fairgrounds. Have you ever been hit by a beer can that's even somewhat full? Neither have I but I imagine it's like taking a decent-sized metal rock to the head.

If you don't alert security or law enforcement officers, then the artist, in this situation, T-Pain, has to stop the concert because these crap bags are ruining things for the rest of us. The performer shouldn't have to scold a crowd like they're our parents or a teacher.

Speaking of parents, I can't wait until your kids go back to school. Also, recognize that your kid might be the problem in the pit at the fair and keep them home. It might be time we implement a 21+ policy for the track. I know some adults are to blame in this situation, but let adults handle other adults.

Stop Taking The Mississippi Valley Fair for Granted

Throwing beer cans and other items at T-Pain and hearing some of the dumbest complaints over the past few days has shown me something. A lot of you take the fair for granted.

Let's be thankful that this even exists in the Quad Cities. You don't need to drive 2+ hours to Chicago, Des Moines, Milwaukee, or wherever else to enjoy top-teared talent for 6 days. This isn't a diss on county fairs in our surrounding area but the Mississippi Valley Fair blows all of them out of the water.

If you don't like whoever the grandstand act is that night or even the lineup each year, then don't go and leave it at that. Or, give it a try and see if it's something you might enjoy. Don't throw beers on stage like an a**hole.

Hey Quad-City Times, Does This Sound Like Booing To You?

Hey, Gannon Hanevold. We haven't met yet but maybe we will and laugh about this. I doubt it, but I'm an optimist. I'm also glad to finally have some beef with another member of the media in the Quad Cities.

Gannon in his review of the T-Pain concert, which was actually on point, had a slight dig at us. If you click on the link in this paragraph, it'll take you to his review but you probably can't read it since it's behind a paywall.

I'll tell you what he said and I promise, it's not out of context. He wrote,

"The fans were clearly restless for T-Pain, though. When a local radio station tossed out free T-shirts at 8 p.m., the time the rapper was scheduled to take the stage, many booed."

Next time you mention us, you can just call us B100. We know we're a local radio station, but have the decency to, as the kids say, @ us bro...

Now, as the person who did most of the yelling and stood in front of an awesome crowd for T-Pain, I didn't hear any boos.

I mean, I work at the haunted Rock n' Roll Mansion on Brady Street. Sure, we hear boos there, but this doesn't sound like we got booed. Let's take a listen:

Woos maybe, but not boos.

Great job to T-Pain on an awesome show. If you have any complaints about the fair, Dwyer and Michaels from our sister station, 97X, will be there Friday and Saturday. Go talk to them.