Amsterdam Mayor Wanted to Ban Ye From City over Anti-Semitic, Pro-Hitler Remarks
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Mayor Femke Halsema sent rapper Kanye ‘Ye’ West a confidential letter last June, in which she requested the hip-hop artist to leave Amsterdam as soon as possible. Among other things, he praised Hitler on social media and sold T-shirts printed with swastikas.
Amsterdam mayor wanted to ban Ye from city over anti-semitic, pro-Hitler remarks
When the controversial rapper Ye, who previously went by Kanye West, was staying at the Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam for his Arnhem concerts on June 6 and 8, he was sent a letter by Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema. In the letter the mayor said that she would rather not let Ye into the city, but since he is here, he needs to conduct himself as respectfully as possible towards Amsterdammers, and especially those who are Jewish.
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AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema wrote a letter to rapper Ye last June, in which she urged him to behave with respect towards Amsterdammers, and Jewish Amsterdammers in particular. In the letter, which has been seen by the ANP, Halsema also writes that zi...
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Mayor Femke Halsema urgently asked rapper Kanye West to leave Amsterdam immediately after his last concert in Arnhem in June. This is revealed in a confidential letter to the artist.
In June, Mayor Halsema wrote a letter to the controversial global star Ye, better known as Kanye West, stating that she would prefer to ban him from the city. Ye was staying in an Amsterdam hotel at the time because he was performing at the Gelredome in Arnhem. The two concerts were controversial because he had made antisemitic and pro-Nazi statements in the past. The mayor's letter was made public today. "Please leave Amsterdam immediately afte…
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