Fab Morvan has pulled out of the Freedom 250 event, becoming the latest act to walk away from a lineup that has unraveled in public over the past week. The music event tied to America’s 250th birthday is scheduled for the National Mall between June 25 and July 10, but its original nine-act bill has already been cut down to three rappers.

Morvan’s exit leaves Vanilla Ice, Flo Rida and Freedom Williams of C+C Music Factory as the only performers still listed from the original announcement made last week. Martina McBride, Bret Michaels, The Commodores and Morris Day and The Time had already canceled, while Young MC said he would not be performing. The shrinkage is why the Freedom 250 Concert is now drawing attention far beyond the music itself: what began as a patriotic booking has turned into a test of whether the event can still stand up with so many names gone.

That pressure rose after Donald Trump suggested on Truth Social that he might headline the show himself and said he could draw a bigger crowd than Elvis Presley. He also dismissed the booked artists as “boring.” Morvan said he was uneasy when the public comments started stacking up. “What does he know that I don’t know? I was a little worried,” he said.

Morvan said the week’s developments changed the event for him. “Throughout the week, it turned into a circus. And this is not what I signed for,” he said, adding, “I‘m not attending [the] celebration.” He said, “It’s one of the reasons why I’m stepping out because I didn’t sign [up] for that.” His pullout puts him on the opposite side of Vanilla Ice, who told earlier on Monday that he was still happy to play the State Fair. “All we’re doing is celebrating the birthday of our country,” Vanilla Ice said. “What’s the big deal here?” He added that he would play for “Biden’s family or anybody,” and noted that he has previously performed at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort.

The event is part of a string of concerts connected to Trump and his MAGA movement, which has only amplified the scrutiny around who is still willing to appear. With Morvan gone and most of the original bill already missing, the real question is no longer who has left. It is whether the Freedom 250 Concert will go forward at all with just three rappers still attached.