Skepta responds to old photo of himself posing with Israeli flag: “I was young and naive”

Skepta has responded to an old photograph of himself posing with an Israeli flag, saying the image was not intended as a political statement.

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Keep seeing this pop-up on my timeline kmt I was young and naive. First ever show in Tel Aviv and thought I’d gas up my fans with this picture but this picture is not a political statement in anyway 😖 https://t.co/3dh1ohXlmT.

O rapper já havia expressado seu apoio à Palestina, incluindo em maio de 2021, quando respondeu a uma postagem nas redes sociais que fazia a pergunta “Me conte algo bom”, à qual ele respondeu: FREE PALESTINE.

In 2024, he faced criticism over his collaboration with PUMA because of the company’s sponsorship of the Israeli Football Association. “Ain’t gonna lie, I’ve realised it’s a lot more than reading the small print before signing contracts,” he said at the time.

Ain’t gonna lie, I’ve realised it’s a lot more than reading the small print before signing contracts, gotta do your due diligence and yes I am forever a student in practice to eventually take the independent route.

Also in 2024, he removed the original artwork for his single ‘Gas Me Up (Diligent)’ after it received criticism for evoking images of Jewish prisoners in Nazi concentration camps.

He explained that the imagery was part of an album campaign inspired by his parents moving to the UK in the 1980s.

In April, Skepta released the house-influenced EP ‘Más Tiempo Vol. 2’ and revealed he was putting the finishing touches to his forthcoming album ‘Fork And Knife’.

That record still does not have a release date, but it will be the follow-up to his 2019 album ‘Ignorance Is Bliss‘.

Ele deve se apresentar no Reading & Leeds mais tarde este mês, e na noite passada (14 de agosto), ele se apresentou no Sziget Festival em Budapeste. Na retrospectiva da NME, escrevemos: “Sempre que um artista começa seu show com uma de suas músicas mais famosas, você sabe que provavelmente está prestes a presenciar uma apresentação repleta de atrações.

Isso certamente foi verdadeiro em relação ao show do Skepta no palco principal na noite passada, que começou em um alto nível instantâneo com ‘Shutdown’”.

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