Rapper Sexyy Red won't throw out first pitch at Sunday's Milwaukee Brewers game after all

Editor's note: Sexyy Red's Sept. 8 first pitch at the Brewers game and Sept. 9 Fiserv Forum show mentioned in this story have since been canceled.

After rising hip-hop star Sexyy Red's Milwaukee concert was canceled, so was her ceremonial first pitch at an upcoming Brewers game.

On Wednesday, the baseball club announced on social media that Red would be throwing out a first pitch on Sunday, Sept. 8. The Journal Sentinel reached out to the Brewers to find out if that was still the case following the cancellation of Red's Fiserv Forum show scheduled for Monday.

On Friday, the Brewers confirmed that Red's first pitch had been canceled, too.

The day Red had been lined up throw out that pitch, the Brewers will be taking on the Colorado Rockies at 1:10 p.m. at American Family Field. That's also the date of the Jackson Chourio Bobblehead giveaway for the first 30,000 ticketed fans who enter the gates, according to the Brewers' website.

On Sept. 9, Red was scheduled to bring her "Sexyy Red 4 President Tour" to the home of the Bucks with special guests Kodak Black, Hunxho, Loe Shimmy and BlakeIANA! That show was canceled "due to unforeseen circumstances," according to the event page on the arena's website.

"If you purchased your ticket from the Fiserv Forum box office or online via Ticketmaster, refunds will be automatically processed and returned within 30 days," the website said.

Who is Sexyy Red?

In 2023, Drake, Nicki Minaj and SZA all shined a light on Red, from track collaborations to touring gigs, according to a previous Journal Sentinel report. That helped propel the St. Louis native to be one of the year's biggest hip-hop breakouts.

Red's hits include career-launching "Pound Town" and TikTok sensation "SkeeYee."

After being one of five opening acts for Moneybagg Yo at Fiserv Forum in August 2023, Red — born Janae Nierah Wherry — headlined The Rave in November. In Piet Levy's review of the show, he described Red as raw, defiant, quirky, confident, authentic and relatable.

It was also during that show that Red gave Certified Trapper — the king of Milwaukee's surging lowend sound — and Chicken P — arguably the rapper in town whose hugely popular YouTube videos helped bolster one of the scrappiest and energizing hip-hop scenes in the country — her stage for a bit, which Levy called "an admirable and surprising gesture."

Piet Levy and Chris Foran of the Journal Sentinel staff contributed to this report.

This article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Sexyy Red no longer throwing out first pitch at Sunday's Brewers game