How Kanye West's 'almost coming' generated legal chaos at one of Brazil's biggest rap festivals

Kanye West in an image from the documentary 'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy'
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The last edition of the Cena 2K festival, held in November 2025, was marked by chaos and ended with the cancellation of the last of the three days of the event. And Kanye West's name was responsible for generating legal chaos.
With cash flow problems, the event was unable to pay artists, suppliers and refund tickets after cancellation. In addition to payment problems, on the second day of the festival there was a fight between the production of rapper Major RD and security guards at Neo Química Arena, the venue of the event.
According to g1, the legal body that represented the festival ended its partnership with the event upon learning that representatives from Cena 2K were negotiating the North American rapper's arrival in Brazil.
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In June, Kanye's solo show in Brazil was announced, promoted by Holding Entretenimento & Networking, with no connection to the festival. However, from the first moment, the singer's arrival was rejected due to his history of anti-Semitic positions. He has a song on his CV called "Heil Hitler", a Nazi salute, and has also sold a t-shirt with a swastika on it.
In the following months, the show scheduled for the Autódromo de Interlagos was in doubt, being officially canceled on November 20th, one day before the start of the Cena 2K festival.
At this point, the organizers of Cena 2K had already contacted the rapper's production team to provide an alternative for a possible cancellation. Among the options raised was the inclusion of Kanye in the festival's line-up.
Upon learning of the negotiation, the law firm that handled legal issues involving the festival, including contracts with the artists, tried to better understand the situation.
2k25 scene is marked by cancellations, fights and problems in the organization
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G1 found that one of the firm's partners, who is Jewish, was unhappy with the event's position of considering hiring Kanye West and ended the contract with the festival.
The breach of contract close to the event generated legal chaos. Some artists already announced agreed to the event via WhatsApp, without a formal contract.
Among the problems generated by the lack of legal team, the event renegotiated the fees and payment method during the festival. Another problem was regarding technical agreements for the presentations, such as the use of pyrotechnics. Without a contract, some artists did not have their requests for the use of effects such as CO² machines fulfilled by the production.
This ended up being just one of the several problems experienced by the Cena 2K festival, which, even six months after its cancellation, faces dozens of lawsuits and continues without paying artists and suppliers.

Source: G1

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