Kanye West, the artist who ventured from rap into fashion, teamed up with fellow U.S. rapper Travis Scott in Rome for a performance during the ‘Utopia’ concert, marking his return to the stage after controversial remarks deemed antisemitic, as informed by PageSix.
Scott indirectly made the statement that Kanye was the solitary person to have ever supported him unconditionally, announcing him to the attendees. The crowd exploded in cheers when the two of them rendered the song ‘Praise God,’ a track from their 2021 collaboration ‘Donda’.
An aid from the supplementary music seemed to rescue the award-winning West, who seemed slightly rusty and fumbled over numerous words, as mentioned by PageSix.
A captured video displays West’s performance of “Can’t Tell Me Nothing,” a song from his 2007 album, “Graduation.” An interesting detail is the connection between West and Scott beyond their musical partnership, linking them through the mothers of their children.
With Kim Kardashian, West’s former wife, he is the father of four children.
Scott, on the other hand, has fathered two children with Kylie Jenner, who happens to be the youngest of the Kardashian sisters.
In October of the previous year, West found himself embroiled in a dispute when he expressed a desire through his tweets to go against Jewish people, leading to a sequence of tweets that were later removed. He maintained in these messages that he could not be antisemitic and equated black people with Jews. He further accused others of undermining those who disagreed with a certain agenda, while also lauding Hitler and criticizing the “Jewish media.”
Adidas, once associated with the designer of Yeezy, severed their relationship soon after this incident.
In a response, Adidas articulated that they would not stand for antisemitism or any form of hate speech. The recent conduct and expressions of West were described as hateful, unsafe, and breaching the organization’s core principles. Subsequently, West responded by sharing dialogues between them on social media, proclaiming his independence and using the incident as an illustration. Upon seeing Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street, West expressed a renewed affinity for Jewish people and withdrew his prior remarks.
West’s unforeseen attendance at Scott’s performance coincides with his European vacation with his partner, Bianca Censori, a detail noted by PageSix.
The couple’s time in Italy was marked by snapshots that captured moments of intense affection between the two.
