
Kevin Hart's Egypt Show Canceled After Comedian Reportedly Made 'Afrocentric' Comments About Country's History
Comments attributed to Hart implied ancient Egyptians were Black, stepping into a controversy about the country’s history.
February 28, 2023 at 10:27 pm
Comedian Kevin Hart, amid a major international tour, recently had his planned show in Cairo canceled.
A statement by Egyptian event management company R Productions blamed the cancellation on “local production issues.”
However, there is widespread speculation that many Egyptians took offense to Hart’s reported comments about the Black history of Egypt and that this prompted the show’s cancellation.