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Kanye West to perform on Prague racecourse in July / Photo: FRANK MICELOTTA - GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP
Kanye West to perform on Prague racecourse in July
Controversial rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, will hold a concert in Prague in July, Zuzana Rambova, director of the Chuchle Arena racecourse hosting the event, said on Thursday.
The US rapper is known for glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and for antisemitic and hate-filled rants which he blames on having bipolar disorder.
"He will perform on July 25," Rambova told AFP without giving further details.
Czech media said the concert was organised by the HUGO Production company, which is owned by a 20-year-old Slovak, Hugo Varga, according to the Czech Company Register.
West, who has legally changed his name to the shorthand "Ye", is planning a European comeback tour in June and July.
But his plans have stumbled on opposition as the British government said it would not allow him into the country for three concerts at the Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, London in July.
The mayor of Marseille in France has said the rapper was "not welcome" for a June concert there, while Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Bart van den Brink said he would not bar West from the Netherlands where he is due to perform in early June.
West was due to perform at the Rubicon rap festival in Bratislava in neighbouring Slovakia last year.
But the organisers cancelled the event after he had released a song called "Heil Hitler" on May 8, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
Thousands of people petitioned against the Slovak gig of the 48-year-old rapper, who has won 24 Grammy Awards over the course of his career.
Y.X. Gagnon--SMC
