Action Bronson Will Perform at a Billy Joel Concert This Summer

Any sports fan who grows up in New York City is introduced to WFAN, the Tri-State's premier sports talk radio station, at a young age and Action Bronson is no exception. The Queens, NY rapper has shared his love for the world's first 24-hour sports talk radio on social media over the years and is a loyal listener, even when he's touring overseas. Action was up early this morning (April 5) and appeared on the Boomer and Carton Show to talk about tour life, his kids, rooting for the New York Yankees and being asked by Billy Joel to join him at a Madison Square Garden concert later this year.

"You love Billy Joel?" he asked. "I love Billy Joel, too. I'm actually going to be at his concert. He reached out recently and asked me to perform with him...That's one of my favorite musicians alive. It will be in May, I imagine, I'm going to meet him in April. On my album I used a sample of his and had to write a handwritten letter to him to get it cleared. Apparently he's taken an affinity to me."

Bronson also talked about being taken off the bill of George Washington University's Spring Fling concert for his 2011 song "Consensual Rape."

Last week, there was an outcry from George Washington students calling for Action to be removed from their annual concert and citing the lyrics of his 2011 song "Consensual Rape" and the music video for "Brunch" as evidence of his "blatant misogyny." The Mr. Wonderful rapper was removed from the concert's lineup and released a statement regarding the incident.

"I never thought I'd be famous first of all. Second of all, if you look at the history of hip-hop it's all dumb stuff with people's first songs. You don't really have your legs under you, you don't know what you're trying to do at that point," he explained. "You make stupid decisions and that's pretty much what that was. I didn't know I was going to be famous...This was from 2011. I never performed the song one time. I don't want to seem like the bad guy because I'm not that person. I don't ever want my name to be associated with the things that have been said. It's disgusting. I have kids, man."

Listen to the full interview below.

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