Kanye West concert cancelled in Poland over antisemitic remarks

Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/4/26 | Elad Benari

[Eleutheria5]

A Kanye West concert in Poland has been cancelled following government pressure and condemnation over a string of antisemitic, racist and pro-Nazi comments by the US rapper, the BBC reported on Friday.

West, who now goes by the name Ye, was scheduled to appear at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów on June 19, his first performance in Poland for 15 years, but the venue said on Friday it would now not take place "due to formal and legal reasons".

Marta Cienkowska, Poland's culture and heritage minister, had described the decision to book West as "unacceptable".

West has faced repeated backlash in recent years for a series of antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements.

In 2022, the rapper threatened to go "death con 3 on the Jews" in an apparent antisemitic rant on X, which was then called Twitter. West followed this up by claiming that he can't be antisemitic "because black people are actually Jew."

Last year he bought a Super Bowl ad to promote T-shirts with swastikas on them, then released a song titled “Heil Hitler," which a group of far-right antisemitic influencers, including Nick Fuentes, recently played at a Miami nightclub in a viral incident.

He subsequently issued an apology, attributing his actions to episodes of manic behavior linked to his bipolar disorder.

West’s antisemitic comments caused a host of companies to cut ties with him, including Adidas, the Creative Artists Agency, Foot Locker and Apple Music.

The cancellation of his concert in Poland comes days after West postponed a gig in France and a week after the UK banned him from entering the country to headline Wireless Festival.

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TOPICS: Humor; Music/Entertainment; Reference; Society
KEYWORDS: antisemitic; apologized; poland; ye

[Eleutheria5]

Kanye apologized, but it looks like he's still singing the blues instead of Hip Hop.

[dfwgator]

I guess these guys won’t be playing Poland neither....

The Heils - Hate To Say I Told You So
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3L2x7fZ1e4

[ComputerGuy]

A Kanye West concert

Concert? As in music?

[dfwgator]

Darn I was so hoping to hear “Gay Fish”

Language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgElKGDkmE4

[Williams]

Just an opportunity to mention the New York Mets have canceled Jewish Heritage night and the owner is trying to Cozy up to Mamdani.

[frank ballenger]

attributing his actions to episodes of manic behavior linked to his bipolar disorder.

But not every victim of bipolar affective disorder is anti-semitic. Doesn't let him off the hook.

[ComputerGuy]

30 seconds, max.

[Eleutheria5]

True enough. But he apologized, and did not incite any violent incidents traceable back to his words.

[Eleutheria5]

Is that parody, or is he in earnest?

[SpaceBar]

Kanye West is a mentally disturbed piece of shit.

If they don’t want him in their country, I have no problem with that.

[DesertRhino]

He claimed the entertainment and music industry was completely dominated by Jews.
To prove him wrong, he was attacked on all fronts, lost all his contracts and is basically cancelled.

LOL....

[Eleutheria5]

I disapprove of canceling people. But your paradigm does not explain Roseanne, who was canceled for a tweet that was misinterpreted as being racist. Kanye’s remarks were blatant, hers construed as racist on account of her support for Trump. Also, supposing that the Joos! control the music industry in America, that does not account for his being canceled in Poland, where there is barely a minyan of Jooos! these days. For all of me, I wouldn’t object to him having a concert there even if he did not apologize. People should not get canceled. .