Roddy Ricch has dropped out of his appearance on Saturday Night Live this weekend after at least one member of his team was exposed to COVID-19, the rapper announced in a Wednesday Instagram post.
"Due to recent COVID exposure on my team and to keep everyone safe I won't be able to perform on SNL this weekend," Ricch wrote. "I'm working with the SNL team to lock in a new date though!" Saturday would have been the rapper's SNL debut, per The Hollywood Reporter.
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