This is The Guardian.

Today, what happened to Kanye West?

A warning before we start, this episode does contain anti-Semitic and offensive language.

He was once hailed as an American genius, a prime example of black excellence. He revolutionized

rap, became a hip-hop billionaire, all the while influencing the world of fashion art design.

Kanye West had a grip on the culture like few before him, until...

Kanye West has posted on a variety of topics, including President Trump, whom he calls his brother.

He's been locked out of his Twitter account now,

the platform suspending him after an anti-Semitic tweet.

That tweet said, quote,

when I wake up, I'm going DeathCon 3 on Jewish people.

This is what I'm trying to tell you.

Jesus Christ, Hitler, yay.

We don't have to bow to this shit.

Okay, it's 60 million of us in America, 60 million.

He hadn't played a show in the UK for over a decade, and he was booked to headline three

nights this summer at Wireless Festival in London. But then, the government intervened.

From The Guardian, I'm Lashinikbal, today in focus.

Why the UK has banned Kanye West.

Lenny Bekare, you're The Guardian's Arts and Culture Correspondent, and I think it's fair to say, you're pretty

steeped in Kanye Ology, for want of a better word. And, you know, this does mean, of course,

you've had to track a catalogue of outlandish, offensive, hateful things that he's said and done over

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