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Stormzy was removed from the party at the Snowbombing Festival a few hours before it was to occur, after accusing his staff of racially profiling his manager.
The award-winning British rapper, 25, said his friends had been targeted by security during the protest in Mayrhofen, Austria, on Thursday, in search of a gunman, "despite nobody [in their party] corresponding to the description '.
Stormzy is apologetic to his fans but said that he had taken the "drastic steps" to argue his point of view about racism and racial profiling.
"My sincere apologies to anyone who has come this far to watch me play. I'm really unhappy that you lost your time and money and that it burns me more than you know, "he wrote on Instagram.
"The last thing I want to do is give up on anyone who has taken the time to support me. So please, listen to me, I too would be angry if I traveled and spent money to see an artist and they retired at the last minute.
"However, if these are the drastic measures I must take to advocate against racism and racial profiling, then believe me, I take it."
He stated that his director and his friends who had gone to the festival had been "profiled, targeted and racially treated, because they (security) had" reason to believe one carried a weapon "».
He added: "Safety targeted them (even though no one fits the description), they were physically aggressive when manipulated and the festival made no effort to really fix the problem."
A spokesman for the festival said that they were "deeply saddened" by Stormzy's decision, but that their staff had acted "in accordance with the protocol".
The spokesman said: "The security of Snowbombing has been alerted to the possibility that an individual present at the festival carries a weapon. In accordance with the protocol, a small number of participants, including the Stormzy leader, were escorted to the nearest exit, searched and no weapons found.
"Stormzy's management was not happy with the way it was done, so Stormzy will not be performing anymore."
The festival, which combines snow sports with a mix of musical styles, features Fatboy Slim and Chase & Status in its lineup this year.
This is not the first time that the artist, who is one of the poster heads of the Glastonbury Festival this year, has spoken against examples of racism. In August 2017, he attacked the Met police for publicly linking drug trafficking in south-east London to the Notting Hill carnival that year. The raid took place shortly before the event, although about 10 miles away.
"How many drugs do you have many seizures in the pre-Glastonbury period or are we doing tweets of this type during black events?", He writes on Twitter, in response to Scotland Yard's tweet. .
In January, Stormzy complained that police broke down the door of his Chelsea apartment after receiving reports of an alleged burglary, but found him sleeping at his home.
And, in an interview in March, he stated that he had been regularly arrested by police near the family home of his home in South London. "[It stopped] when I stopped walking around the streets. But now, I have a nice car, so I'm stopped instead, "he told Hunger.
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