A rap festival featuring what organisers had claimed would be the only performance in Europe this year by controversial American rapper Kanye West has been cancelled, the BBC reports.
While protest groups had organised a petition against West’s appearance because of antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements that he has made in recent years, Slovakian media revealed that the venue was still an unharvested wheat field on the outskirts of Bratislava.
However, mounting pressure – including the withdrawal of Slovak rap artists – finally prompted West himself to delete an Instagram post announcing the concert.
According to the BBC, West has effectively brought about his own cancellation in the mainstream music industry by posting a series of antisemitic tirades, declaring himself a Nazi, and releasing a song called Heil Hitler that glorified the Nazi leader.
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