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Kanye West concert in Prague scrapped as venue owner terminates contract - report

Additional concerts, including ones planned for Poland, Italy, and other countries, have also been canceled in the recent past.

 Kanye West attends the 67th Annual GRAMMY Awards on February 02, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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Spotify declines to take down rap song cited for antisemitic conspiracy claims

Rapper Kanye West performs onstage during the "Vultures 1" playback concert during Rolling Loud 2024 at Hollywood Park Grounds on March 14, 2024 in Inglewood, California.

Ye's upcoming concerts in Poland, Switzerland canceled after antisemitic remarks

 Mo Chara of Kneecap, wearing a keffiyeh, performs at Glastonbury Festival at Worthy Farm in Pilton, Somerset, Britain, June 28, 2025.

UK prosecutors lose appeal to reinstate terrorism charge against Kneecap rapper


Israeli hip-hop's 'Westside Gravy' meets South Africa's Tanaka Jura

The artists worked on the lyrics independently of each other, but both drew on their personal experiences of racism.

 The artists lay wreaths at the Sharpeville Memorial in Johannesburg on Human Rights Day.

DJ Antithesis: Israel's London-born master of 'Zionist Hip Hop'

Samuel Green, known as DJ Antithesis and "The Zionist Rapper" made aliyah to Tel Aviv and has released two EPs and multiple singles.

 Samuel Green aka DJ Antithesis From London to Geneva to Tel Aviv, 2010

Rapper NLE Choppa returns to Israel for second time

The promising young artist visited Tel Aviv last summer - and is slated to return in May.

 Music artist NLE Choppa performs during week four of the Big3 3-on-3 basketball league at American Airlines Center.

Nissim Black's new Hanukkah song 'Victory' fights against antisemitism

The song is about taking a stance against anti-Jewish discrimination as well as the story of Hanukkah.

Nissim Black in a field wearing traditional Hasidic garb. (Tziporah Litman/Courtesy of Black)

Iran arrests dissident rapper, calls Amini story reporters CIA spies

Iran’s regime charged Hamedi and Mohammadi of being the “primary sources of news for foreign media.” The women are being held in Tehran’s brutal Evin prison.

 Iranian flag flies in front of the UN office building in Vienna

Kanye West: The rise and fall of the American rap icon - explainer

Kanye West is one of the most successful musical artists in human history, but he has become embroiled in political and celebrity controversy while also suffering from mental illness.

 Kanye West attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party following the 92nd annual Oscars at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills on February 9, 2020.

Kanye West shouts out Jewish people in now-deleted Instagram rant posts

The rapper's social media posts were written the day after he spoke about the Abraham Accords with FOX host Tucker Carlson.

Kanye West accepts the Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles

Jewish rapper Nissim Black teams up with American singer Dustin Paul

Nissim Black recorded first verse in Israel, newly-formed duo teamed up in NYC to finish production

 NISSIM BLACK (left) and Dustin Paul in their video for ‘Human Greatness 2.0.’

'BDS? What's that?' - Iggy Azalea during her first trip to Israel

The Australian rapper visited the country for the first time to perform at Tel Aviv's Gay Pride Parade.

Iggy Azalea

Hip-hop artist 50 Cent to perform in Israel on July 4

The tour opens in London, followed by performances in Ireland, Scotland, Belgium, France, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland, before arriving here.

Rapper 50 Cent in Tel Aviv 370