Rapper Ye blocked from entering Britain to headline festival
The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the U.K., where he was scheduled to perform…
Ye was booked to perform in front of around 150,000 revelers July 10-12 at the open-air festival in London’s Finsbury Park. File photo by Randall Hill/ Reuters
Rapper Ye blocked from entering Britain to headline festival
LONDON (AP) — The rapper formerly known as Kanye West has been barred from entering the United Kingdom, where he was scheduled to perform at the Wireless Festival in July.
It came after government officials condemned Ye's history of antisemitic remarks.
The festival's organizers confirmed the ban and said the entire three-day festival was being canceled as a result.
Ye's travel authorization had been blocked on the grounds that the performer's presence in the U.K. would not be "conducive to the public good," the BBC said, citing the Home Office.
Ye was booked to perform in front of around 150,000 revelers July 10-12 at the open-air festival in London's Finsbury Park.
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