Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash - Reuters

Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash  Reuters

PepsiCo, Diageo Drop Sponsorship of Kanye West-Headlined U.K. Music Festival - WSJ

PepsiCo, Diageo Drop Sponsorship of Kanye West-Headlined U.K. Music Festival  WSJ

A music festival booked Kanye West, now known as Ye, and lost major sponsors

The rapper Ye was announced as the headliner for the Wireless Festival in London. He's gained notoriety over the years for his antisemitic comments and activities glorifying Nazis.

By Neda Ulaby

Kanye West was booked as a festival headliner. Brands are now pulling their sponsorship - CNN

Kanye West was booked as a festival headliner. Brands are now pulling their sponsorship  CNN

Major sponsors drop out of London festival headlined by Kanye West

Drinks giants Pepsi and Diageo on Sunday pulled out of sponsoring a music festival in London headlined by US rapper Kanye West, who has a history of antisemitic outbursts. The disgraced 48-year-old hip-hop star - now known as Ye - is due to play three nights at the Wireless Festival in London in July as part of a European comeback tour. A spokesperson for Pepsi, the festival’s top sponsor, said on Sunday that the brand “has decided to withdraw its sponsorship of Wireless Festival”, without...

By Agence France-Presse

50 Cent Reacts to Pepsi Pulling Wireless Fest Sponsorship After Ye Announced as Headliner: ‘He Might Black Out Again’

Kanye West’s ‘Bully’ Debuts at No. 2 on Albums Chart as BTS Holds Top Spot With ‘Arirang’

BTS has outpaced Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, to land a second week atop the Billboard 200. The K-pop group’s latest album “Arirang” holds steady at No. 1 on the albums chart with 187,000 equivalent album units, down 71% from its opening week with 641,000. Last week, “Arirang” became BTS’ seventh No. […]

By Steven J. Horowitz

Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash - The Straits Times

Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash  The Straits Times

50 Cent Reacts to Pepsi Pulling Wireless Fest Sponsorship After Ye Announced as Headliner: ‘He Might Black Out Again’

Diageo also withdrew from sponsoring the London festival this year.

By Michael Saponara