Kanye West has been barred from entering the UK ahead of the controversial rapper’s planned headline act at a popular music festival in the UK.
The UK Home Office says his visa application was rejected on the ground that his presence would not be ‘conducive to public good’, while the Wireless music festival has been cancelled.
The US music artist has faced scathing criticism from the British public and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer over his antisemitic remarks, pro-Nazi music and Swastika t-shirts.
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