Example hilariously got into a bit of a tiff with the town of Wigan over Twitter comments….from NME:
The disagreement kicked off when the rapper stated on Twitter that he receives more abuse from residents of the northern town than any other place in the UK. He asked his 1.5m followers if any nice people lived in Wigan as all he hears from the people there are death threats. However, the Wigan Evening Post took exception to Example’s words and put him on the cover of their newspaper on Tuesday (November 6).
Under the headline “Bad Example”, the newspaper says that the rapper has managed to “Offend the whole town” with his Tweets. The paper reports: “Wigan was left stunned after a rap star blasted the town on Twitter. Example caused widespread anger among locals.”
Check out some of his tweets below.
Tweeted earlier about how most abuse I get on twitter is from people in Wigan. Unsurprisingly this has resulted in more abuse… from Wigan
— example (@example) November 6, 2012
Tomorrow morning I am live on the breakfast show with Wigan’s Wish FM to be announced officially as a friend of Wigan. Can’t wait
— example (@example) November 6, 2012
I’ve replied to approximately 87 people from Wigan today. More than the Mayor Of Wigan. Is there even a mayor in Wigan?
— example (@example) November 6, 2012
Had 3 death threats today. I must be doing something right
— example (@example) November 6, 2012
