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Kanye West is back.
The controversial rapper-turned-fashion designer performed for the first time since his antisemitic rants as he joined Travis Scott for his “Utopia” concert at Rome’s Circus Maximus Monday.
While introducing him to the audience, Scott described Ye as the “only one human being on this mother f—king planet that has ever walked side by side with me through anything and every mother f—king thing.”
The crowd then erupted as West, 46, performed “Praise God” — a song from his 2021 album, “Donda,” featuring Scott, 32.
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The Grammy winner seemed a bit out of practice as he missed most of the lyrics, but was saved by the backing track.
Per a video of the performance, he then went on to perform “Can’t Tell Me Nothing” from his 2007 album, “Graduation.”
Despite their musical collaborations, West and Scott are also related by way of the mothers of their children.
Ye was previously married to Kim Kardashian, whom he shares four children with. Meanwhile, Scott has two children with Kardashian’s youngest sister, Kylie Jenner.
In October 2022, the Yeezy founder caused a firestorm when he tweeted that he wanted “to go death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE.”
“The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew,” he continued in a series of now-deleted tweets.
“also You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
The “Gold Digger” rapper also shared screenshots via Instagram of messages between himself and Diddy, in which he wrote, “Ima use you as an example to show the Jewish people that told you to call me that no one can threaten or influence me.”
Source: https://pagesix.com/2023/08/07/kanye-west-performs-for-first-time-since-antisemitic-rants/