Petition launched against Ye headlining Slovakian fest
More than 4,800 people have signed the petition calling for the removal of Kanye West from Rubicon festival in Bratislava
News By Lisa Henderson | 25 June 2025
Thousands of people have signed a petition opposing Kanye West’s headline slot at Slovakia’s biggest rap festival, Rubicon.
The Bratislava-based event, which bills itself as a cultural event of “vision and provocation,” revealed plans for an exclusive mid-July performance by what it called a “hip-hop visionary, cultural icon, and controversial genius.”
The 18–20 July festival is also due to feature a performance from former Migos rapper Offset, who is arguably the highest-profile act to perform in Russia since…
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