LL Cool J said he won’t cross the picket line. The rapper said Thursday on Instagram that he won’t perform at Philadelphia’s Fourth of July celebration concert while AFSCME District Council 33, the city’s largest blue-collar workers union, is on strike.

LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan have both announced they will not be performing at the Wawa Welcome America Fourth of July Concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Friday due to the ongoing strike.

LL Cool J and Jazmine Sullivan, the headliners for Philadelphia's 4th of July celebration concert, have dropped out amid an ongoing strike with District Council 33.