Kanye West is facing more backlash, this time in Tampa, as three local and statewide groups are calling out his planned stadium shows over his history of antisemitic hate speech.
The rapper is scheduled to perform at Raymond James Stadium on June 26 and June 28, but the Tampa Jewish Federation, the Florida Holocaust Museum, and the Florida chapter of the National Organization for Women have each opposed the concerts.
Eric Stillman, president of the Florida Holocaust Museum, said Ye’s apology has not shown enough follow-through.
“To say he was sorry and to say it was based on a manic episode and not to take any actions after that, to demonstrate that this was a sincere change of heart, is really what is so hard for the members of the Jewish community in Tampa, and throughout the region and throughout the world to take that as sincere,” Stillman said in a statement.
“It’s been a consistent pattern of hate speech and Nazism,” Florida NOW Vice President Debbie Deland said. “You don’t just turn that over,” while Florida Sen. Rick Scott also questioned the concerts, “It is troubling that a stadium supported by taxpayer dollars would openly subsidize an event led by an artist known for pushing this dangerous, hateful rhetoric,” Scott wrote.
Ye is still facing the consequences of his anti-Semitic attacks, which go all the way back to 2022.
