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Kanye West's 'pro-Hitler' song faces backlash; Concert in South Korea cancelled ahead of public criticism

Kanye West has been making the headlines recently for releasing a 'pro-Hitler' song. The singer and rapper's latest song has caused major controversy and backlash amongst the public ever since its release. Due to this, West's concert in South Korea, which was supposed to be held on May 31, now stands cancelled. Kanye West faces global backlash; South Korea concert cancelled Kanye West's concert titled ' YE Korea Concert ', which was originally meant to be held on May 31, now stands cancelled. The concert organisers, according to reports from Allkpop, have issued an official statement announcing the cancellation. In their issued statement, the organising team shared that 'Due to recent controversies surrounding the artist Kanye, the 'YE Korea Concert' scheduled for Saturday, May 31, has been inevitably cancelled.' Not only that, but in addition to the concert cancellation, any and all merchandise sales of West's brand will also be stopped. They added in their statement regarding the matter that 'Sales of Yeezy brand merchandise will also be halted starting from 1 PM on Monday, May 19.' by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like New Launch - AVIK at Birla Navya - 4.5 BHK - Gurugram Birla Navya AVIK Click Here Undo Kanye West's antisemitic ideology raises concerns This is not the first time that West's antisemitic ideology has raised major concerns amongst the public. The rapper has been extremely public about his statements and has shared praise for Nazi ideology as well. Earlier in February, the rapper had taken to his online social media accounts and had gone on a rant about his antisemitic views. He had also added that he does not 'like or trust any Jewish person'. In his social media post, the rapper had said that 'ANY JEWISH PERSON THAT DOES BUSINESS WITH ME NEEDS TO KNOW I DON'T LIKE OR TRUST ANY JEWISH PERSON AND THIS IS COMPLETELY SOBER WITH NO HENNESSY. I'M NEVER APOLOGISING FOR MY JEWISH COMMENTS.' Even before this, Kanye had made antisemitic comments, for which he had earlier issued an apology in 2023. His comments as well as ideological alliances have lost him a number of brand deals and have managed to wreak havoc on his reputation in public as well. About Kanye West's 'pro-Hitler' song The controversial song 'Heil Hitler' was recently released on May 8, the same day as Victory in Europe Day. The day was originally meant to commemorate and celebrate the end of WW2. Ever since its release, the song has been blocked on some major music and video streaming platforms and has been continuously facing backlash. Beyond that, however, the song is also not available for viewing in Germany either since the artwork includes Nazi symbols and a part of Hitler's speech, all of which are banned in Germany.