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‘Should never have been invited’: Ye blocked from entering UK to headline festival
Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the government stood firmly with the Jewish community after backlash over the rapper’s history of antisemitic remarks.
- Jill Lawless
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Pepsi drops sponsorship of London music festival headlined by Ye
The sponsorship withdrawal from the three-day Wireless Festival came hours after the UK prime minister said he was “deeply concerned” that the rapper formerly known as Kanye West had been booked as the headline act.
- Michael D. Shear
‘It’s not about making noise’: The Aussie fashion duo who outran Kanye
How Australian label Song For The Mute became a global adidas power.
- Damien Woolnough
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Kanye’s new album is stirring controversy ... for being completely uncontroversial
Kanye West has dropped his new album, Bully, a conciliatory departure after years of provocative and offensive behaviour.
- Kayla Olaya and Robert Moran
Ye apologises for antisemitic remarks, blames bipolar disorder in full-page advert
The hip-hop personality formerly known as Kanye West said he was in a severe car accident 25 years ago and damage to his brain wasn’t properly diagnosed until 2023.
Kanye West has Australian visa revoked after Heil Hitler song release
The rapper now known as Ye has been visiting Australia for “a long time” following his marriage to Melbourne woman Bianca Censori.
- Nick Newling
12 times Anna Wintour created a cultural moment through the cover of Vogue
From Kim Kardashian to Melania Trump, a look back at the American Vogue editor’s most iconic, memorable and controversial cover moments.
- Lauren Ironmonger
Kanye shows up for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs’ trial – but can’t get in
The rapper now known as Ye came to support his hip-hop mogul friend, who is facing sex-trafficking charges, but wasn’t allowed into the courtroom and left soon after.
- Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister
Trump says he’s stamping out antisemitism. Online, he’s fanning the flames
The White House said Donald Trump had done “more than any other president in modern history” to fight anti-Jewish hatred. Hours later, Trump posted an image containing a well-known far-right meme.
- Peter Baker
Why Kanye West and Elon Musk slid into the ABC chair’s DMs
Outspoken ABC Chair Kim Williams has attracted critics from far and wide.
- Kishor Napier-Raman and Stephen Brook