Kehlani Responds to Cornell Canceling Performance: ‘I Am Not Antisemitic, I Am Anti-Genocide’ (Billboard, 2025-4-27)

https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kehlani-cornell-concert-statement-video-1235956561/
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>> Cornell had booked Kehlani to headline the school’s Slope Day, an annual celebration following the last day of classes, set for May 7 this year. Earlier this week, the invite was rescinded.

>> In a response video … #Kehlani said, “I am being asked and called to clarify and make a statement yet again, for the millionth time, that I am not antisemitic nor anti-Jew.”

>> “I am anti-genocide, I am anti the actions of the Israeli government, I am anti an extermination of an entire people, I am anti the bombing of innocent children, men, women — that’s what I’m anti,” …

>> “… the very first Live that I did in the beginning of this genocide was with … Jewish Voices for Peace, and I still continue to learn from and work alongside really impactful Jewish organizers against this genocide.”

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