The Boston Globe‘s pop concert reviewer Steve Morse, who reported the booing of West, was distraught by the Patriots fans’ response:
…West did one tune, ”Heard ‘Em Say.” Yet it was disconcerting to hear his name booed loudly by Patriots fans who evidently didn’t appreciate his nationally televised comment the other night on a Hurricane Katrina benefit that President Bush ”doesn’t care about black people.” The boos were thunderous and lasted for much of his number.