By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

As Shakespeare would say, “Sharper than a serpent's tooth, a thankless child.”

Fifteen-year-old rap wunderkind Astro survived Thursday's edition of The X Factor, but not without a dollop of controversy — which you can see in the video on Breaking Celebrity News.

Winding up in the bottom two against Stacy Francis, Astro was irked, telling the crowd, "I really don't wanna perform. I feel like it's unnecessary," before turning to his mentor, L.A. Reid, asking him, "Do you think I should perform?" which Reid politely encouraged.