Kanye West, who released a song in May seemingly glorifying Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, will perform at a music festival in Bratislava in July, the organisers said on Monday.

The 48-year-old, who has legally changed his name to Ye, released “Heil Hitler” on May 8, the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

“Hip-hop visionary, cultural icon and controversial genius Ye will perform July 20, 2025 exclusively at the Rubicon Festival in Bratislava,” the organisers said on the event’s website.

This announcement has led to over 3,000 people have signing a petition against Ye’s performance in the Slovak capital.

The two groups behind the petition said: “repeatedly and openly adhering to symbols and ideology connected with the darkest period of modern global history.

“Kanye West’s concert in our city and our country is an insult to historic memory, a glorification of wartime violence and debasement of all victims of the Nazi regime,” the petition reads.

In this now banned song Ye speaks on his custody battle with ex-wife Kim Kardashian.