Kanye West’s Image Painted Over In Chicago Mural After Rapper’s Antisemitic Remarks – Block Club Chicago

FULTON MARKET — An image of Kanye West has been removed from a mural in Fulton Market as the rapper has repeatedly made antisemitic remarks in recent weeks.

The 14-foot mural was created by Chicago-based artist Jason Peterson at the intersection of North Sangamon Street and West Lake Street. It showed a black-and-white image of West over white-painted words and black and white stripes.

A video posted to Twitter on Wednesday showed someone painting over West, replacing him with a silhouette.

Peterson posted to his Instagram story later Wednesday, showing a photo of the mural with West completely blacked out with a caption saying, “We need better role models.”

Peterson told Block Club he removed West at the request of the building owner, who is Jewish. He denied to comment further.

Multiple brands, including Adidas and Balenciaga, have cut ties with the rapper in recent weeks as he’s repeatedly made antisemitic and other bigoted remarks.

West was born in Georgia but spent much of his youth in Chicago, where he honed his musical abilities.

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