>>BOUNCE ARTIST, BIG FREEDIA, HAS CANCELED HER MISSISSIPPI CONCERT
DUE TO
THREATS FROM THE STATE ALCOHOL BEVERAGE CONTROL THAT THEY
WOULD SHUT DOWN IF TWERKING WAS OCCURRING.
FREEDIA HAS BEEN PERFORMING BOUNCE MUSIC FOR 15 YEARS.
THAT IS REALLY WHERE THIS LAW COMES FROM.
IT WAS IMPLEMENTED 30
YEARS AGO SO THAT STRIP CLUBS COULD NOT SELL HARD ALCOHOL.
LUCKILY WE HAVE
ALSO SEEN THINGS ON YOUTUBE.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT MISSISSIPPI IS SO SCARED OF.
>> LOOK, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS SCARY, I AM MORE JEALOUS OF
THOSE MOVES.
FREEDIA HAS RELEASED
THIS STATEMENT.
TWERK LOOSE IS IRONICALLY THE NAME FOR HER CONCERT.
THEY SAY THAT HOPEFULLY THE CONCERT SHE IS PUTTING ON
IN MARCH WILL COMPLY WITH THEIR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LAWS.
I THINK THIS IS SOME OUTDATED TWERK LOOSE BULLSHIT.
>> ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE ABC OFFICERS STANDING IN THE CORNER?
I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO REGULATE IT SO THEY ARE ALL
GOING TO COME AND WATCH.
THEY NEED TO REGULATE.
>> WE NEED SOME AGENTS TO VOLUNTEER TO MAKE SURE THEY
DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH FUN.
SIR, I WILL DO IT.
I WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES, SIR.
>> BY THE WAY, HOW AWESOME AND AHEAD OF ITS TIME IS THAT GENRE.
HOLY SHIT, THAT IS MY NEW FAVORITE ARTIST.
CLASSIC PERVERSION OF THE LAW.
THEY ARE TAKING ANTIQUATED ORDINANCES AND REPUBLISHING
THEM FOR ECONOMIC REASONS BECAUSE THEY WANT TO TAKE
DOWN SOME SORT OF ñ
THEY WANT TO UPHOLD THESE CHRISTIAN VALUES THEY HAVE.
IT GOES AGAINST THE VERY FOUNDATIONS OF AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY.
THEN IF YOU COME IN AND HAVE THESE BEEFS ABOUT CHRISTIANITY
OR MORAL CODE THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE OTHER PEOPLE ABIDE
BY, AND YOU USE THIS ANTIQUATED ORDINANCE, IT IS POSTED.
>>I DON'T THINK IT HAS TO DO WITH VALUES ALL.
I THINK IT'S FOR ECONOMIC REASONS.
I WENT TO SCHOOL IN NORTH CAROLINA, THEY HAVE AN ABC
THERE AS WELL.
THE ONLY PLACE YOU CAN BUY HARD ALCOHOL IS FROM ABC.
I THINK THEY JUST DON'T WANT STRIP CLUBS TO SELL HARD
ALCOHOL.
THEY WANT TO BE THE ONLY ONES THAT SELL ALCOHOL.
IT'S BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO MAKE MORE MONEY.
>> IN MOST STATES WHERE LAWS LIKE THIS EXIST, YOU CAN
BRING YOUR OWN ALCOHOL TO STRIP CLUBS.
IN A SENSE, IT'S MORE FUN.
>> IT'S BYOB?
>> THAT SEEMS COST-EFFICIENT.
>>IT'S GREAT FOR THE CONSUMERS.
IT SUCKS FOR THIS ARTIST BIG FREEDIA.
>> THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI IS
JUST BEING A HUGE FUN
SPONGE IN MY OPINION.
IT'S JUST SUCKING UP ALL THE ALCOHOL.
>>THAT IS WHERE I GO NORMALLY WHEN I WANT TO HAVE FUN, I
GO TO MISSISSIPPI.
>> PEOPLE TURN UP AT THE BIG MISSISSIPPI STRIP CLUBS.
>> I LOVE THAT SHE IS TURNING THIS AROUND AND SAYING
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A TWERK OFF.
>> IT'S 2016 FOOTLOOSE, THAT IS WHAT IT IS.