West, 48, has been heavily criticised for making antisemitic remarks and voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler
1-MIN READ1-MIN ListenAgence France-PressePublished: 8:14pm, 14 Apr 2026Updated: 8:25pm, 14 Apr 2026France’s interior minister is seeking to block US rapper Kanye West from performing in the southern city of Marseille in June due to his antisemitic remarks, a source close to the minister said on Tuesday.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez is “highly determined” to ban the June 11 concert at Marseille’s Velodrome stadium and is exploring “all possibilities”, the source said.
West, 48, has been heavily criticised for making antisemitic remarks and voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
Britain has blocked the US rapper, also known as Ye, from entering the country due to his outbursts, prompting organisers of a festival he was to headline to cancel the July event. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had called booking West “deeply concerning”.
But Dutch Asylum and Migration Minister Bart van den Brink said last week there were no plans as yet to bar the rapper from the Netherlands.
