NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 04: Kanye West performs during Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Family Reunion Tour at Madison Square Garden on September 4, 2016 in New York City….Credit: GettyDISGRACED rapper Kanye West has been booked for London’s Wireless Festival this summer.
said it was “deeply concerning” that the controversial US musician is headlining the event in July despite his vile Nazi rants and antisemitic speech.
The PM said ‘everyone has a responsibility to ensure Britain is a place where Jewish people feel safe’Credit: PA
Kanye has previously — and been pictured wearing them — and , released last year, glorified the Nazi leader.
at the Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, North London, playing to 150,000 people in total.
The PM told : “It is deeply concerning has been booked to perform at Wireless despite his previous antisemitic remarks and celebration of Nazism.
“Antisemitism in any form is abhorrent and must be confronted firmly wherever it appears. Everyone has a responsibility to ensure Britain is a place where Jewish people feel safe.”
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Kanye has previously sold swastika T-shirts and been pictured wearing themCredit: Getty
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