Kanye West Playing Two Nights at Chicago’s Soldier Field, One at NOLA Superdome Despite Embrace of Hitler and Nazis, Antisemitism

You’ll be happy to know that both New Orleans and Chicago are ok with Kanye West.

Despite the rapper’s avowed antisemitic statements, and music like “Heil Hitler,” Ye — as he is known — has booked stadiums in both cities for shows in the next few days.

In New Orleans, West will be appearing at Caesar’s Superdome, which is owned by the city and is home to the NFL New Orleans Saints. The Superdome is branded by Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. The show is in two days, on August 28th.

Then on September 3rd and 4th, the rapper — who sells t shirts emblazoned with swastikas — hits the home of the Chicago Bears, Soldier Field. That stadium is owned and run by the State of Illinois. I wonder if anyone has told Governor Jay Pritzker that he’s hosting Kanye West.

Tickets to both shows are selling briskly, although they’re not sold out.

West has been on a rehabilitation tour ever since he lost business contracts with companies like Adidas and The Gap over his offensive statements. It’s only a year ago that he released a song called “Heil Hitler.” He’s often announced his embrace of Nazism.

Not everyone in New Orleans is endorsing West’s return the city. Nola.com’s Gambit noted in July that “since 2022, though, he’s written and said a number of viciously antisemitic things. He denied the Holocaust in a wild interview on InfoWars; he’s praised Hitler; even wrote a song called “Heil Hitler”; sold swastika T-shirts; and cozied up to Donald Trump and white supremacist Nick Fuentes, among other harsh incidents. West is now banned from performing in the U.K. because of his remarks.”

That didn’t stop the booking.

Both stadiums are managed by Legends Global, whose president Dan Levy should know better than to book a celebrity espousing hate toward Jews. Legends Global is associated with AEG Live, owned by conservative and past Trump donor Philip Anschutz. 

I guess of all them believed West’s letter of apology a few months ago in The Wall Street Journal. He blamed all of his past actions on getting hit in the head in 2002 during a car accident.