Kanye West is headed to Arizona to headline Awaken 2020.
Throughout his career, Kanye West has taken on many identity and personality changes. His most recent transformation has come in the form a religious reawakening that has him vowing to never make secular music for the remainder his career. The “Jesus Walks” rapper’s all-inclusive Sunday Service gatherings have united many as Ye and his fellowship have made stops around the country, but it looks like Kanye’s most recent booking for the Awaken 2020 Evangelical event in Phoenix, AZ is going to rub some patrons and activists the wrong way as the group who organized the event is known for their anti-LGBTQ rhetoric.
Information obtained by The New York Daily News has revealed that the event will feature several headliners that are known for their anti-LGBTQ beliefs. Some these evangelical personalities include Cindy Jacobs, a self-proclaimed ‘prophet’ who publicly encouraged the Christian community to combat the Equality Act, Guillermo Maldonado, a Miami-based pastor who believes homosexuality is a ‘generational curse,’ Ché Ahn, the president Harvest International Ministry who has previously compared gay rights laws to racist legislation, and lastly, Lou Engle, a senior leader the International House Prayer who believes Nazism is kindled by homosexuality.
If Kanye West is aware the rhetoric spread by his co-headliners, he’ll definitely have some explaining to do if he decides to go through with his participation in the religious event. A number Twitter users have already expressed their disdain for Kanye agreeing to headline Awaken 2020.
As right now, the Jesus is King curator is set to take the stage at Awaken 2020 at the Sun Devil Stadium in Phoenix, AZ this Saturday, Jan. 18, free charge. Kanye West will be speaking to those in attendance as well as performing alongside his Sunday Service choir.