Kanye West is embarking on a one-night-only concert in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium in April, the venue announced on Monday, marking the rapper's most high-profile U.S. show in years. The event comes after West faced widespread backlash across the entertainment industry due to his string of antisemitic comments dating back to 2022.
The stadium announced that West will perform at SoFi on April 3rd, advertised as his "only performance in Los Angeles." Tickets for the general public will go on sale on Wednesday at 11 a.m.
West's concerts have been rare since his controversial comments, which ranged from spreading stereotypes about Jews to voicing admiration for Adolf Hitler and calling himself a Nazi. Despite this, he has performed several shows and listening events in China and Korea in 2024 and 2025, and played two shows in Mexico in January.
West's booking agency CAA dropped him as a client in 2022 after he tweeted a call for "death con 3 on Jewish people," and Cara Lewis reportedly represented him in 2024. However, by February 2025, he was represented by booking agency 33 and West, with the agency's Daniel McCartney dropping him following another round of antisemitic actions when West took out a Super Bowl ad directing viewers to a website where he was selling t-shirts with swastikas on them.
Booking West has been a risky proposition for promoters for years, not just due to his hateful comments but also due to reliability concerns. West famously canceled the remainder of his Saint Pablo tour after a mental health breakdown in 2016, and in 2022, he canceled headlining sets at Rolling Loud Miami and Coachella weeks before those shows.
A representative for SoFi Stadium confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that rapper Rod Wave's promotion company Mainstay Touring would serve as the promoter for April's concert.
West's upcoming show comes as he looks to mount another comeback. He took out an ad in the Wall Street Journal earlier this year apologizing for his hateful statements, citing his untreated bipolar disorder and brain trauma for his claims while further saying "I love Jewish people."
"I regret and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am committed to accountability, treatment, and meaningful change," West's ad said.
While West's actions led to the loss of CAA and deals like his Adidas Yeezy venture, he remains one of the most streamed artists in the industry, coming in at 10th on Spotify's year-end 2025 list for top-10 artists in the U.S., with nearly 70 million monthly listeners on the platform.
Amid news of the apology, it was confirmed that West's next album Bully would be released on March 20th. Independent music company Gamma, whose roster also includes Mariah Carey, Usher, and Snoop Dogg, is partnering with West for the release. The Journal reported in January that the deal was in the mid-to-low seven figures.
The deal, coupled with an upcoming promoted concert at one of the most prominent venues on the planet, shows that even through the most extreme controversies, if there's an audience who may be willing to buy, Hollywood will come back to partner up.
