CONTROVERSIAL rapper Kanye West asked to perform at Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium — but was turned down due to the club’s historical connection to London’s Jewish community.
Yesterday Pepsi pulled their sponsorship of Wireless Festival in protest at the American performing there for three nights in July.
It came after The Sun on Sunday revealed that Sir Keir Starmer said it was “deeply concerning” that West had been booked despite previously making antisemitic remarks, as well as glorifying the Nazi leader in his song Heil Hitler.
A source said: “Kanye’s team had wanted him to play a run of shows at Tottenham before they considered Wireless.
“As part of his big music comeback, they thought he warranted a headline run of shows and chose the Tottenham stadium as their venue of choice.
“But when they approached Tottenham with their proposal, the club rejected it.
“There was no way they would allow Kanye to perform at the club given its history with the Jewish community.
“They then made the proposal to Wireless, which was accepted.”
The Sun revealed last month that 48-year-old West would headline all three nights of the festival in Finsbury Park, North London.
The performances are his first UK gigs since his 2015 Glastonbury headline slot.
But there are growing calls to ban him from entering the UK at all amid rising incidents of antisemitism.
West has previously apologised for his remarks and blamed them on his bipolar disorder.