I look forward to finishing this sold out tour and setting things straight. “I appreciate the thousands of messages of support. One thing I will say is that I believe this convoluted media hype was instrumental in bringing several people whom I love and lost touch with back in my life.”

“I am going to take the opportunity to make an official statement very soon.

Taking to Twitter, Coronel was in good spirit about the whole ordeal, writing, “Recently my name has been thrown around and I appreciate the calls from friends, family and global supporters.” Despite the interruption, the show reportedly went ahead as scheduled and the street vendors will likely find a new spot to do their business. However, no stolen items were found on the duo.Īccording to MTV, oth Coronel and McDaniel have since posted $50,000 bail and have been released from jail.

The vendors identified Coronel and McDaniel as two of the attackers and both were arrested on suspicion of robbery and attempting to dissuade a witness. “The victims stated they were beaten and had their T-shirts, cash and cellphones forcibly taken from them.” “The group confronted them over a dispute that the group was not receiving any money from the sales of the T-shirts,” a police statement said. The 37-year-old rapper, who was set to perform alongside fellow rapper Talib Kweli that evening, and Steven McDaniel, 40, of Mission Viejo, were allegedly part of a group of 10 to 12 people who confronted the vendors outside The Observatory.Īccording to Santa Ana police, the men were selling shirts with the trademarked Immortal Technique logo at about 7:45pm when they were confronted by Coronel and his group.

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