– Kanye West recently became famous for praising Hitler and denying the Holocaust. Now he has come up with the idea that he will come to propagate his nonsense here in Poland, while organizing a concert. And let it be clear: there is no place for Nazis in Poland, said Magdalena Biejat, deputy speaker of the Senate, in a recording published on Monday.
– Democracy has the right to defend itself against radicals. Mr. Kanye West will not enter Poland. Fascists’ place is in prison, said the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Radosław Sikorski.
Kanye West Concert Canceled
Kanye West’s concert was supposed to take place on June 19 in Chorzów. The event has been canceled. Superauto.pl representatives of the Silesian Stadium justified the cancellation of the performance on formal and legal reasons. Kanye West caused outrage, among others. promoting Nazi ideology and anti-Semitic posts.
Minister of Culture Marta Cienkowska wrote on Thursday on the X website that the decision to organize Kanye West’s concert in Poland is unacceptable. “We are talking about an artist who publicly expressed anti-Semitic messages, relativized crimes and made money by selling T-shirts with swastikas. These are not ‘controversies’,” she pointed out. – We have the ability to block the entry of specific people into the country – said Cienkowska, referring to West’s planned performance in Poland.
Maciej Wewiór, a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, emphasized in a post on X that the Ministry of Diplomacy was concerned about the announcement of the organization of Kanye West’s (Ye) concert at the Silesian Stadium. “We support the position of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, recognizing that providing public space to an artist using anti-Semitic rhetoric and openly glorifying Nazi ideology is deeply inappropriate in a country with Polish history,” he wrote. Wewiór assessed that organizing this event in Poland would harm the good name of our country, and creative freedom does not constitute consent to spreading xenophobia and hate speech.
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Controversy surrounding Kanye West
Kanye West is one of the most famous rappers in the world. He has been controversial for several years with his statements and behavior. The greatest outrage was caused by a series of anti-Semitic posts on social media in which he glorified Nazi ideology. West was also criticized for selling swastika T-shirts and publicly expressing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
The artist maintains that his media antics were the result of a deepening mental crisis. He confessed that he had a manic-psychotic episode.
He recently canceled his concert in Marseille, France, indefinitely. Opposition to this performance was expressed by, among others: local authorities. He was previously refused entry by the British authorities, where he was supposed to perform during one of the summer festivals in London.
Edited by Kamila Cieślik
