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And Finally Artist News
Phoenix fights heckler
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 13 March 2009
Well, we talked about Shirley Manson quitting music in favour of acting earlier, now on to someone doing it the other way around. Although perhaps with less well-received results. Yep, it’s that Joaquin Phoenix fella and his definitely-not-a-joke rap career again.
At a show in Miami’s LIV nightclub on Wednesday evening, Phoenix dealt with a heckler by leaping into the audience and throwing a few punches. Having arrived four hours late for his performance, the, er, rapper initially tried to calm the heckler by reminding him that he was actually quite wealthy, saying: “We have a fucking bitch in the audience. I’ve got a million in the bank. What have you got bitch?”
During the attack the audience chanted “beat him up, beat him up”, which was nice of them. It’s not entirely clear who they wanted beaten up, though. I assume most people go to a Joaquin Phoenix show because they’ve missed the memo about it not being a joke, rather than out of a genuine interested in his music.
