By Hadizat Omayoza Ahmed 
In a major decision, the UK government has refused to let Kanye West (Ye) enter Britain to perform at a big London music festival this summer.
According to the rapper applied on Monday for permission to travel to the UK, but the Home Office turned him down. Officials said his presence “would not be conducive to the public good” — a polite way of saying they don’t want him there because of the ongoing backlash over his past antisemitic comments and outbursts.
West was scheduled to headline all three nights of the Wireless Festival in Finsbury Park, London, in July as part of his European comeback tour. Those plans have now been shut down by the British authorities.
This move comes amid continued controversy surrounding the rapper’s history of inflammatory remarks, which have drawn strong criticism from many quarters over the past few years.