B’nai Brith Canada sent a letter on Friday to the owners of L’Olympia theatre in Montreal, urging them to cancel a Dec. 4 show by musician Freeze Corleone
“Mr. Corleone is openly antisemitic and hateful,” read the letter signed by Marvin Rotrand, the national director of B’nai Brith’s League of Human RightsIn an interview on Sunday, Rotrand said Freeze Corleone has compared himself to Adolf Hitler and his lyrics include Holocaust denial and antisemitic tropes.“There’s Holocaust denial and pleasure expressed that the Holocaust happened, and clear lyrics comparing himself to Hitler.
The rapper’s albums have drawn widespread criticism in France, including from the International League Against Racism and AntiSemitism. “We don’t think hate speech is free speech,” Rotrand said, adding that he does not believe the venue would be so accepting of an artist who wrote racist lyrics targeting Black or Asian people.
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