Rapper Planet Asia was assaulted by security at
club 1st Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Asia charges that 8 security guards
assaulted him after a performance Sunday, as he tried to re-enter backstage
without his pass.
"It is tragic to recognize that in 2002,
we are still physically living the parallel dramas as Rodney King," Asia
told AllHipHop.com. "It is serious business when you can perform at a club
in 2002 and security that watched you perform can assault you afterward."
Asia alleges racism, noting that the guards that
assaulted him were white. Asia said that one guard called for back up as he
tried to get to the back stage area and the other 7 surrounded him and assaulted
him.
Asia recently
signed with Interscope, but the label has not released his album, titled Life
As It Is, and is on tour with Del Tha Funky Homosapien, Skhoolyard,
People Under The Stairs, Lifesavas, and Bukue One [CaliComm].
