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…
Organizers canceled the popular Wireless Festival after the United Kingdom denied its headliner, the embattled rapper Ye, a visa into the country. The U.K. government cited Ye’s history of antisemitic outbursts as a reason for denying him a travel permit. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that “Kanye West [Ye’s former name] should…
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…
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…
