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Slovakian Music Festival Featuring Kanye ‘Ye’ West Cancelled

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Following a petition calling for controversial rapper Kanye 'Ye' West to be dropped from the line-up of the upcoming edition of Rubicon in Bratislava, the festival has been cancelled entirely. Here's everything you need to know.

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The organizers promised an official statement, but nothing came.

·Bratislava, Slovakia
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Rapper Kanye West will not be on stage in Europe this summer. The Rubicon festival, which was to be held from July 18 to 20 in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia and announced as the main attraction to the American rapper currently known as Ye, has been canceled.Continue reading...

·Granada, Spain
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The music industry has shown its limits in tolerating hate speech, with the cancellation of the Rubicon festival in Slovakia sending a strong message to Kanye West after the release of his controversial song Heil Hitler.

·Greece
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Kanye West was supposed to play at the Rubicon hip-hop festival in Bratislava on July 20, but due to his song "Heil Hitler" released in May, which caused a worldwide scandal, this will not happen, and the organizers have canceled the entire festival, writes the Guardian. The newspaper adds that Kanye, who has been recognized with 24 Grammy Awards (who has been simply known as Ye for some time now), released the song on May 8, the 80th anniversar…

·Budapest, Hungary
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www.sme.sk broke the news in Bratislava, Slovakia on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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