18-03-2025
Shaboozey won't be part of Josh Weil's DeLand campaign town hall
An announcement earlier this week that Shaboozey — a crossover rap-rock-country artist with a longstanding No. 1 single — would be joining a congressional candidate at a town hall in DeLand was wrong.
The Josh Weil campaign announced just before 3 p.m. Tuesday that it will host a town hall with the rapper/political activist Killer Mike from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Sanborn Center in DeLand.
That's Wednesday, not Thursday, without Shaboozey.
The earlier announcement — which came Saturday in an email — had included the "A Bar Song (Tipsy)" singer on the billing and was premature.
"Our team was in conversation with Shaboozey last week about him campaigning with Josh at an event in-person this week," Wendy Garcia, the campaign manager, said in a prepared statement on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, Shaboozey won't be able to make it to the event tomorrow night."
Chris Graham, a spokesman for the City of DeLand, which runs the Sanborn Center, said the campaign booked the venue for Wednesday, not Thursday. He also said when he asked about Shaboozey, the campaign said it was a "rumor."
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Shaboozey will not appear with Josh Weil at DeLand campaign stop
