American rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, will hold a concert in Prague in July, Zuzana Rambova, director of the Chuchle Arena racecourse hosting the event, said on Thursday.
“He will perform on July 25,” Rambova told AFP without giving further details. Czech media said the concert was organised by HUGO Production, a company owned by a 20-year-old Slovak.
West, who has legally changed his name to Ye, is planning a European comeback tour in June and July. However, his plans have stumbled on opposition. The British government said it would not allow him into the country for three concerts at the Wireless Festival in London in July. The mayor of Marseille in France has said the rapper was “not welcome” for a June concert there.
West was due to perform at the Rubicon rap festival in Bratislava, Slovakia, last year, but organisers cancelled the event after he released a song called “Heil Hitler” on May 8, 2025, the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II. Thousands of people petitioned against the Slovak gig of the 48-year-old rapper, who has won 24 Grammy Awards over the course of his career.
