A Venetian boat company has banned Kanye West and his partner, Bianca Censori, after images surfaced last week of the two in a compromising position in the back of a water taxi.
The rapper, who legally changed his name to “Ye” in 2021, was photographed with Australian architectural designer Censori enjoying a boat ride in Venice at the end of August.
However, some of the pictures showed the pair in an obscene position. West, 46, was snapped with his trousers down and his bottom exposed, while Censori, 28, appeared to be crouching between his legs.
The images went viral, prompting many commenters to chide the rapper and Censori for engaging in such acts in public in a traditionally conservative Catholic country.
In a statement to the Independent, a spokesperson for Venezia Turismo Motascafi, a water taxi company based in the Italian city, said that West and Censori “will certainly no longer be welcome on board our company’s boats.”
“We completely dissociate ourselves from such acts and behaviour,” the statement read.
Since first rising to fame on the music scene in the early 2000s, the Atlanta-born, Chicago-raised rapper – best known for hits such as “Stronger” (2007) and “Waves” (2016) – has defined his career with smash hit records, critical acclaim, and numerous awards, however, the rapper has been at the centre of several controversies, making headlines not for his music but for his increasingly erratic behaviour and antisemitic remarks.
