UK, France, now Poland: Kanye West concert cancelled over antisemitism controversy, Minister calls performance 'unacceptable'
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Kanye West has again faced another setback over his antisemitism controversy. After UK and France, his performance in Poland has been called off. Read more here.
Kanye West's words are now coming back to haunt him. After London and France, the rapper has faced another setback as his upcoming show in Poland has been cancelled amid huge criticism of his controversial antisemitic comments.
The news of the cancellation comes a few days after the Donda rapper announced the postponement of his concert in France and the cancellation of his London show.
Kanye West's Poland concert cancelled
The renowned rapper, who in the past few years has mostly stayed in the headlines due to his comments, especially antisemitic ones. However, now that he's set to get on the road to promote his new music, the world is showing what they were hurt by. The Poland concert was set to take place in June.
On Friday, April 17, the director of the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, Poland, announced that the rapper's concert had been cancelled.
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"We would like to inform you that the Ye (Kanye West) concert planned for 19 June 2026 at the... Slaski stadium will not take place due to formal and legal reasons," Adam Strzyzewski said in a statement shared on Facebook, as per Reuters.
Poland minister slams Kanye West's performance
Before the official cancellation, Polish Culture Minister Marta Cienkowska said, "The decision to organize a Kanye West concert in Poland is unacceptable."
"We are talking about an artist who has publicly expressed antisemitic views, downplayed crimes, and profited from selling swastika T-shirts. These are not 'controversies.' This is a deliberate crossing of boundaries and the normalization of hatred," she wrote in a post on X.
"In a country scarred by the history of the Holocaust, we cannot pretend that this is just entertainment. Artistic freedom does not mean giving a free pass to everything. Culture cannot be a space for those who exploit it to spread hatred," she shared.
The rapper has not shared any statement on this cancellation yet.
Hitler and Poland: The dark history
World War II began with Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939, and the country's people of Poland's experience under Adolf Hitler during World War II remains one of the darkest chapters in modern history. Given his past, allowing a performer who has faced backlash for antisemitic remarks, including praise for Hitler and saying that he had a lot of good things to say about him, was questioned.
Millions of Jews and non-Jewish Polish people were killed during Nazi-occupied Poland during World War Two.
Kanye West's show was cancelled in London and France
The news of Poland's show cancellation comes after the United Kingdom banned the 48-year-old from entering the country to headline Wireless Festival. This was followed by the rapper, who himself, cancelled his concert in France.
