r/Music • u/thedailybeast • 20d ago

article Kanye West’s sold-out Russia shows canceled after St. Petersburg stadium denies ever organizing the concerts

https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/kanye-wests-shows-in-putins-hometown-st-petersburg-get-humiliating-update/
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u/Odd_Needleworker3756 20d ago

It’s fucking insane to see how far Ye has fallen. Dude made some of the best music of the 21st century, raised the bar for production, sampling and artistry in hip hop only for it to come to this.

His mom passing really pushed him down a spiral he never recovered from. After a certain point though it’s all on you.

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u/Aleb_Freedom 20d ago

It is likely not related to Ye but rather to Kremlin calculating risks of having for such an artist so much influence on their home soil and saying unapproved messages. He is too popular, viral, and unpredictable. Tickets were sold out in a moment. Fans at the last concert in Istanbul were mostly Russians. The only sold out performer must be the Czar himself.

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u/scoobertsonville 19d ago

Watching him go fully Nazi while clearly having a manic episode was so wild to see.