Harvard's Tyga Performance Draws Student Protest Ahead Of Yardfest Concert

Harvard University may scrap a scheduled concert performance by rapper Tyga due to a student protest over lyrics that critics are calling misogynistic, the Boston Globe reports.

Tyga, a rapper best known for "Rack City," was announced last week as the headliner for Harvard's Yardfest on April 13. The choice quickly generated a backlash online, and now the college is weighing whether to cancel the hip hop star's appearance.

"The College's Office of Student Life has asked the College Events Board and Concert Commission to re-evaluate the invitation to Tyga in light of the concerns raised by students that the performer's lyrics are offensive and hurtful to many in our community," Harvard spokesman Jeff Neal told the Boston Globe.

A petition on Change.org calling for the performance to be canceled gathered more than 1,800 signatures so far, 1,200 of which came within 24 hours, according to Boston Magazine. (Harvard has roughly 10,000 undergraduates.)