French Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez is studying ways in which to ban a scheduled Kanye West concert in the Southern port city of Marseilles in June in response to the artist’s past antisemitic outbursts and pro-Nazi declarations. Daily newspaper Libération first reported the moves to prevent the artist, now calling himself Ye, from performing in…
BTS‘ “Arirang” is at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart for the third frame in a row, with little competition coming along to usurp it in a slow week for new releases. Prior to this album, BTS had never spent more than one week at No. 1 the U.S. album rankings, so a…
Ye. Photo: Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images On April 3, Kanye West, a.k.a. Ye, performed a concert in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium and brought out celebrity supporters including Travis Scott and Lauryn Hill, along with his daughter North West. The sold-out show was a monument to the continued popularity of the controversial Ye. But…
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West was barred Tuesday from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to headline the Wireless Festival in July, after a backlash over Ye’s history of antisemitic remarks. Festival organizers canceled the three-day outdoor event as a result of the travel ban and said those who had bought tickets would…
Kanye West has offered to meet members of the Jewish community in the U.K. following the furore over his headline booking at this year’s Wireless Festival, as sponsors continued to flee and politicians maintained their pressure on the government to bar his entry. In a statement obtained by Variety, the rapper – who also goes…
Jonah Hill said during a recent appearance on “The Zane Lowe Show” that it was “bizarre” when Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, took to Instagram in 2023 and wrote that Hill’s performance in the 2012 comedy film “21 Jump Street” made him “like Jewish people again.” “I felt that he did this…
The scheduled three-night headlining appearance by Ye, formerly Kanye West, at the Wireless Festival in London is only growing in controversy. The festival’s sponsor, Pepsi, announced Sunday that it is withdrawing from its decade-plus co-branding with Wireless. Although the statement did not mention the rapper by name, it came hours after Ye’s booking was roundly…
UPDATE: After announcing his “only performance in Los Angeles” for April 3 at SoFi Stadium, Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, has announced another show at the venue slated for April 1. Pre-sale for the April 1 date begins on March 12 at 10 a.m. PDT, followed by general sale on March 13…
