Kanye West’s planned July 4 show at the Alamodome is under threat after the mayor of San Antonio, Texas blasted his history of antisemitism. West, 49, went into career freefall in 2022 after making a series of antisemitic remarks on his popular social platforms and via media appearances, losing a number of high-profile business relationships.While West has since issued a public mea culpa for his despicable remarks, his upcoming high-profile performance is at risk of being shelved. ‘Military City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome,’ Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said in an X post on Saturday.She continued, ‘Not ever, and certainly not on July 4th, our Nation’s 250th birthday.’Ortiz Jones said that ‘standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union.’The Daily Mail has reached out to representatives for West for comment.Her comments come after West was banned from performing in Italy, while a number of other recent and upcoming concerts have faced pushback from politicians around the world. Kanye West’s planned July 4 show at the Alamodome is under threat after the mayor of San Antonio, Texas blasted his history of antisemitism. Pictured 2024 in Milan, Italy The Bound 2 rapper is slated to play at the Alamodome in San Antonio on July 4A number of users criticized the mayor on social media, claiming that her comments did not benefit the local economy and reeked of censorship. ‘He apologized move on,’ one user said. ‘We are facing a 100+ million dollar deficit and we’d be stupid to not capitalize on it. Be smarter.’Another added, ‘I’m not a fan of Ye but there is something called the first amendment.’One user said it would be a massive contradiction to take away West’s microphone on Independence Day.’Limiting his freedom of speech on the America’s birthday is crazy whether you agree or not with what he’s said in the past,’ the user said.West’s series of planned shows comes following the release of his latest album, Bully. West’s slate of comeback concerts have come with mixed results, as he performed a pair of shows at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in April – and took the stage earlier this month in Gelredome stadium in the Netherlands – but has been thwarted elsewhere.In May, officials in Italy called off a planned July show at RFC Arena in Reggio Emilia citing security concerns and complaints from the Jewish community. ‘Military City USA should not host someone with a record of hate speech and antisemitic comments in a city-funded facility like our Alamodome,’ Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said in an X post on Saturday; she’s pictured while serving as Under Secretary of the Air Force in 2021 Jones added that that ‘standing up to antisemitism is exactly what it takes to achieve a more perfect Union’ A number of users criticized the mayor on social media, claiming that her comments did not benefit the local economy and reeked of censorship In April, West’s visa was taken away as he was slated to perform at the Wireless Festival in London, which itself was called off after the change.’We are clear that the past comments and actions of this artist are offensive and wrong, and not reflective of London’s values,’ London Mayor Sadiq Khan’s office told Rolling Stone. An insider close to West told the Daily Mail at the time that the Stronger rapper was ‘disappointed’ as he hoped to convene a dialog with people concerned with providing him a platform.’He offered to meet with the Jewish community in the UK today – to listen, but the door was shut before that conversation could even begin,’ the insider said.A show slated for June 19 in Poland at the Slaski stadium was canceled, and West himself canceled a Marseille, France show after it appeared he was going to face issues from local authorities. West this year has appeared to take multiple steps to re-establish himself as a professional with the Jewish community. This past January, the Stronger artist said he was sorry about his past praise of Adolf Hitler and similar comments condemned as dangerous by the ADL to the Daily Mail last year. West said in the piece published by the Wall Street Journal, titled ‘Those I Hurt,’ that he ‘lost touch with reality,’ attributing some of the lapses in judgment to injuries suffered as a result of a 2002 car accident. The Grammy-winning rapper this year has appeared to take multiple steps to re-establish himself as a professional with the Jewish community West’s slate of comeback concerts have come with mixed results. Signage for his show pictured in the Netherlands on June 6’Things got worse the longer I ignored the problem,’ West said. ‘I said and did things I deeply regret. It does not excuse what I did though. I am not a Nazi or an antisemite. I love Jewish people.’ The Through the Wire rapper was pictured in April in Beverly Hills, California, as he visited the Simon Wiesenthal Center. The Black Skinhead artist in November of 2025 told celebrity Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto that he was prepared to accept ‘accountability’ for his past antisemitism.’I feel really blessed to be able to sit here with you today and just take accountability,’ the Runaway artist said. ‘I was dealing with some various issues of bipolar. ‘So it would take the ideas I had and have me take them to an extreme where I would forget about the protection of the people around me or and myself.’Prior to the pivot, West for more than three years spread antisemitic messages through comments on his popular social platforms and media appearances, as well as in his work in music and fashion. He lost a number of high-profile business relationships amid his initial series of racist meltdowns in the fall of 2022.West remained in the crosshairs of controversy last year, when the shop on his Yeezy Website was taken offline by Shopify after he was selling a white shirt with a black swastika in the center. The collaboration marks another ostensible step forward for West in re-establishing himself as a professional with the Jewish community. Pictured 2024 in Inglewood, CaliforniaHe had advertised his site with an expensive ad broadcast in various markets during the Super Bowl, including Los Angeles. The Anti-Defamation League said in a post on X/Twitter on February 10, 2025: ‘As if we needed further proof of Kanye’s antisemitism, he chose to put a single item for sale on his website – a t-shirt emblazoned with a swastika.’If that wasn’t enough, the t-shirt is labeled on Kanye’s website as “HH-01,” which is code for “Heil Hitler.”‘Said the ADL: ‘Kanye was tweeting vile antisemitism nonstop since last week. There’s no excuse for this kind of behavior.’The organization added, ‘Even worse, Kanye advertised his website during the Super Bowl, amplifying it beyond his already massive social media audience.’