Kanye West concert cancelled in Poland over antisemitic remarks

A Kanye West concert in Poland has been cancelled following government pressure and condemnation over a string of antisemitic, racist and pro-Nazi comments by the US rapper, the BBC reported on Friday. West, who now goes by the name Ye, was scheduled to appear at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów on June 19, his first performance in Poland for 15 years, but the venue said on Friday it would now not take place "due to formal and legal reasons". Marta Cienkowska, Poland's culture and heritage minister, had described the decision to book West as "unacceptable". West has faced repeated backlash...