Rihanna has earned praise for her head-turning comeback performance at this year’s Super Bowl. But Israeli singer/model/activist Noa Tishby was not happy with the show.
“Did Rihanna have to play a Kanye song during the Super Bowl Halftime Show?” Tishby wrote on Twitter. She accompanied the tweet with a video, in which she went into further detail.
“Rihanna has so many hit songs,” she said. “Did she have to do a Kanye song? Did she have to? Because, the thing is if a pop artist would have said that they’re going ‘death con 3’ on any other ethnicity, let alone everything else that he’s said, they would have been canceled, and not played at the Super Bowl.”
“So again,” she concluded, “Jews don’t count.”
Tishbi was referring to Rihanna’s inclusion of the song “All of the Lights”, from West’s 2010 album “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy“ on which she sang. Tishby’s tweet and video generated more than a million views in 24 hours.
According to Newsweek, Noa Tishby wasn’t the only one to speak out:
“A spokesperson for the Campaign Against Antisemitism told Newsweek that, ‘Rihanna’s inclusion of a Kanye West song on one of the biggest stages in the world is grossly insensitive.’
“The spokesperson added: ‘It was only a couple of months ago that West said that he wanted to go ‘defcon 3’ on the Jews and denied the Holocaust. This is not a man who deserves such a glamorous platform.
“This is a blunder for Rhianna and her handlers, and they must make clear that they do not wish audiences worldwide to associate her with West and his vile views.'”