Kanye West declared persona non grata in Marseille due to his anti-Semitic feedback. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez is “very determined” to ban the American rapper’s live performance on the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille on June 11, his entourage introduced on Tuesday April 14.
The minister is finding out “all possibilities” to ban the rapper’s solely live performance in France. Kanye West, also called Ye, was banned from getting into the United Kingdom for live shows in July whereas the Netherlands mentioned it doesn’t plan a ban for his live shows scheduled for early June.
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According to these near Laurent Nunez, the minister mentioned the ban on the live performance with the prefect of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur area, Jacques Witkowski, and the mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, throughout his go to to the Marseille metropolis final week.
At the start of March, the left-wing mayor declared that he wished to oppose the rapper’s coming to his metropolis. “I refuse to allow Marseille to be a showcase for those who promote hatred and uninhibited Nazism. Kanye West is not welcome at the Vélodrome, our temple of living together and of all Marseillais,” Benoît Payan declared on X.
On Tuesday, the mayor’s entourage reminded AFP that if the Vélodrome stadium does belong to the city corridor, “its events component was entrusted by OM to the company Mars 360”, which implies that the mayor has “neither a right of review nor a right of veto over the programming of the place”.
“Specific clauses to ensure that no illegal comments are made”
In addition, the police energy of the mayor of Marseille doesn’t apply to occasions giving rise to very massive gatherings, explains the identical supply.
At the start of March, when the Kanye West live performance in Marseille was introduced, which had sparked controversy, Mars360 careworn that it had “been particularly vigilant, inserting specific clauses to ensure that no illegal remarks were made during the concert and that French law was fully respected”.
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On April 7, the British authorities introduced that it could ban the American musician from getting into the United Kingdom for live shows in July because of his anti-Semitic outbursts lately.
In the method, the organizers of the Wireless Festival, of which the rapper was the headliner, introduced the cancellation of the occasion which was to be held from July 10 to 12 in London.
In distinction, the Netherlands didn’t plan to ban Ye’s live shows on June 6 and eight, arguing {that a} potential threat to public order or nationwide safety was essential to ban anybody from getting into the nation, in line with Asylum and Migration Minister Bart van den Brink.
The 48-year-old American rapper has misplaced many followers and several other industrial contracts lately after making anti-Semitic and racist remarks. He notably said in 2023 that he “loved the Nazis”, put a t-shirt adorned with a swastika on sale on his web site and launched a title in May 2025 known as “Heil Hitler”, banned by the principle streaming platforms.
With AFP
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