Rapper 50 Cent cancels Phoenix concert because of extreme heat plaguing region

Rapper 50 Cent postponed a gig at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, an outdoor venue in Phoenix, Arizona, because of high temperatures (Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP/PA)

Sweltering heat in Phoenix, Arizona that has routinely broken records this summer led to yet another cancelled concert, with rapper 50 Cent calling the temperatures “dangerous”.

He said his scheduled show on Tuesday night at the Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre, an outdoor venue in west Phoenix, was postponed because of the sweltering weather.