{"id":3380,"date":"2013-09-03T08:08:33","date_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/?p=3380"},"modified":"2013-09-03T08:08:33","modified_gmt":"2013-09-03T12:08:33","slug":"kanyes-performance-in-kazakhstan-deemed-not-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/gabrielsnyder.com\/notes\/2013\/09\/03\/kanyes-performance-in-kazakhstan-deemed-not-nice\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Performance In Kazakhstan Deemed Not Nice"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Earlier this summer when Jennifer Lopez was getting all that flak for performing for Turkmenistan leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 56th birthday celebration, Kanye West was busy becoming a father and releasing a new album. That might be the only (barely acceptable) excuse for him not realizing the international criticism he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d face for accepting a reported<\/a> $3 million to perform at the wedding of Kazakhstan p<\/span>resident Nursultan Nazarbayev’s grandson, Aisultan Nazarbayev, over the weekend. But because celebrities are who they are and several million dollars for a couple hours\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 work is almost always hard to turn down, that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just what happened.<\/p>\n

West reportedly showed up at the Hotel Royal Tulip in Almaty, Kazakhstan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s former capital, to celebrate the nuptials of Aisultan, 23, and Alima Boranbayeva, 20. Photographer Alyona Gadjilova<\/a> attended the wedding and took the Instagram video<\/a> of Kanye now seen round the world. According to the New York Times<\/i>, she refused to comment<\/a>. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

Yeezy was quickly called out for his trip to the land best known as \u00e2\u20ac\u0153that place Borat came from.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Per the Independent<\/a><\/i>: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Human Rights Watch has singled out Kazakhstan for its \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcserious and deteriorating human rights situation\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 which includes \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccredible allegations of torture, the imprisonment of government critics, tight controls over the media and freedom of expression and association, limits in religious freedom, and continuing violation of workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rights.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Indeed, Nazarbayev’s “repression and crackdown” against striking oil and gas workers is why Sting refused<\/a> an invitation from the Kazakh government to headline their official Astana Day festival in 2011, and likely why Kanye should have said \u00e2\u20ac\u0153thanks but no thanks\u00e2\u20ac\u009d too.<\/p>\n

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Earlier this summer when Jennifer Lopez was getting all that flak for performing for Turkmenistan leader Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 56th birthday celebration, Kanye West was busy becoming a father and releasing a new album. That might be the only (barely acceptable) excuse for him not realizing the international criticism he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d face for accepting a reported $3 … <\/p>\n

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