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Madison Square Garden<\/a> kept a running list of rappers, musicians, actors, and other celebrities, labeling them as risks and also noted their race, gender and sexuality in some cases, a new report showed.<\/p>\n The rappers and celebrities who made the arena\u2019s risk list is a surprising collection with even some well-known Knicks superfans being given the designation, as reported by WIRED<\/a>. Some of the celebrities branded as \u201chigh risk\u201d include rappers Freddie Gibbs, Lil Jon, DaBaby, and A Boogie Wit da Hoodie. Jadakiss and Fat Joe, vocal Knicks fans, are marked as \u201cmedium risk.\u201d Other musicians, such as Morgan Wallen and Lily Allen and actors, like her ex-husband David Harbour, received the \u201cmedium risk\u201d label. Anna Wintour, chief content officer of Cond\u00e9 Nast and global editorial director of Vogue, was slapped with the \u201cmedium risk\u201d badge.<\/p>\n Other musicians and celebrities got tagged as \u201clow risk\u201d on MSG\u2019s list.\u00a0Those reported to have to be \u201clow risk\u201d include Ice Spice, Selena Gomez, Benson Boone, NFL player-turned-TV-host Michael Strahan, and Law & Order\u2019s and future Emmys host Mariska Hargitay<\/a> all of whom attended the wedding<\/a> of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce. Tracy Morgan, Edie Falco, and Ben Stiller, a regular on the Knicks celebrity row, also are considered \u201clow risk.\u201d<\/p>\n Related Video<\/p>\n The list has tiers of risk, starting with \u201cflagged\u201d and ascending with the low, medium, and high designations, a source told WIRED. Actor Will Harrison of Daisy Jones and the Six was flagged on the list. Musician and producer Mark Ronson and actor John Turturro were also given a spot on the list. Jadakiss\u2019 group The Lox with Styles P and Sheek Louch made the list but without any label.<\/p>\n The arena\u2019s list contained a more disconcerting label. Some musicians were noted as \u201cLGBTQIA\u201d for reasons unknown. Ricky Martin, Phoebe Bridgers, who just performed MSG in June<\/a>, and Emily Green of Geese were marked as \u201cLGBTQIA,\u201d according to WIRED. The list tracks 89 others as \u201cLGBTQIA.\u201d<\/p>\n The list, a \u201ctalent\u201d database to Madison Square Garden, has almost 40,000 names, but only about 400 celebrities were given a risk designation. The roll of celebrities was leaked by hackers which stole data from the arena and ransomed it. The list also applies to The Sphere in Las Vegas, which is part of the Dolan family\u2019s companies. The Sphere is owned by a company ran by James Dolan, chairman and CEO of Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n The revelation of the risk list and tracking of celebrities sexual orientation are not the first controversies involving Madison Square Garden and it keeping tabs on people. In 2023 it was widely reported that Madison Square Garden\u2019s parent company and other venues run by Dolan were using facial recognition to keep track of attendees and weaponized the technology to prevent lawyers from law firms that were suing the venues from attending events<\/a>, which spawned a lawsuit<\/a> that was eventually thrown out in the parent company\u2019s favor.<\/p>\n Madison Square Garden also noted some celebrities and musicians as \u201cnot to be hosted\u201d or \u201cdo not host,\u201d meaning they don\u2019t get complimentary tickets. Actress and model Julia Fox, comedian Adam Pally, and hip-hop producer Pete Rock, both who love the Knicks, won\u2019t be getting tickets to the arena, according to the list.<\/p>\n Pally and Pete Rock share an odd connection that may hint at the purpose of the list and why some are designated the way they are. As addressed by WIRED, both have been critical of Dolan, who also helms the arena\u2019s sports teams, notably the 2026 NBA Champions New York Knicks. Pally was noted by WIRED as having been critical of the Knicks\u2019 management, while Pete Rock once called for Dolan to be boycotted. On the list Pally\u2019s non-comp tickets designation comes with the memo \u201cdue to previous comments\u201d \u201cMedium risk\u201d Jadakiss has also publicly criticized Dolan in the past.<\/p>\n Still others labeled with risk tags don\u2019t seem to have any past scruples with Dolan, and some, like \u201cmedium risk\u201d Fat Joe, have been supporters of the CEO, with the rapper performing at the Knick\u2019s championship celebration parade along with Jadakiss.<\/p>\n So maybe a championship has mended some fences.<\/p>\n D\u2019Fuck I got to do with this? \ud83d\ude02 https:\/\/t.co\/mBuOCofupv<\/a><\/p>\n