Oakland musical artist Fantastic Negrito’s show at Outside Lands was canceled Saturday after he was cited for illegally selling VIP passes to the event.

Fantastic Negrito, whose real name is Xavier Dphrepaulezz, was detained and cited along with two other men for illegally trying to sell multiple full access wristbands to the Outside Lands concert, according to the San Francisco Police Department. The two other men were 22-year-old John Beckmeyer, an intern for Fantastic Negrito, and 44-year-old Alistair Monroe, a friend of the musician.

The police said officers received a tip that the men had listed wristbands for sale on Craigslist and were attempting to sell them on the corner of 25th Avenue and Fulton Street. When police stopped them at noon Saturday, Dphrepaulezz and Monroe denied they were involved in the wristband sale. Both men told The Chronicle that Beckmeyer confessed to illegally selling one wristband.

“I write songs. I perform. I play the guitar. I play the keyboard,” Dphrepaulezz told The Chronicle. “I don’t do wristbands ever.”

Police say the three men were detained for 90 minutes, but Dphrepaulezz said he was in custody for three hours. Monroe said when police surrounded him and the two other men, they were handcuffed and asked to sit on the ground. They continued to be detained even after Beckmeyer confessed to reselling a wristband, Dphrepaulezz said.

According to police, officers did not realize Dphrepaulezz was one of the musicians scheduled to perform until after he was detained. The department was not involved in the decision to cancel Fantastic Negrito’s show, said Officer Carlos Manfredi, a police spokesman.

Outside Lands promoters did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Dphrepaulezz said he had looked forward for months to playing at Outside Lands. Just a year ago, he used to play at Oakland and San Francisco BART stations for tips. He received a big break when he won NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Contest.

Wendy Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: wlee@sfchronicle.com. Twitter: @thewendylee