Pepsi, PayPal Pull Sponsorship from Wireless Festival After Kanye West Drop

0:00It's April 6th. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News today, powered by AI, your front row, to the latest buzz. I'm Cory with the story. Pepsi just yanked its sponsorship from London's wireless festival right after they dropped Kanye West as the headliner for all three nights, July 10th through 12th. Other big names like PayPal and Diagio followed suit and pulled their funding too, leaving the event scrambling for support. Time Minister Kier Starmer slammed the booking, calling out Kanye's history of anti-Semitic rants and even praising Nazism, stressing that Britain needs to stand firm against hate. Kanye's got a track record here, lost Adidas back in 2022, over threats against Jewish people, faced lawsuits, comparing himself to Hitler, and got dropped by his agent after more online slurs last year. He's tried apologizing in a big ad, blaming bipolar disorder for his manic episodes and saying he's on meds, therapy, and clean living now, but groups.

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