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By Seyi Babalola
France’s interior minister is seeking to prevent US rapper Kanye West from performing in Marseille in June over alleged antisemitic sentiments, according to a source close to the minister.
Interior Minister Laurent Nunez is “highly determined” to ban the June 11 concert at Marseille’s Velodrome stadium and is looking into “all options,” according to a source.
West, 48, has been heavily criticised for making antisemitic remarks and voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler.
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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.
The French source said Nunez had discussed the possible concert ban with the regional prefect and the mayor of Marseille during his visit to the city last week.
