SEOUL, May 19 (Reuters) - South Korean e-commerce

company Coupang ( CPNG ) has cancelled a Kanye West concert

scheduled for late May "due to recent controversies involving

the artist", the company and a ticket vendor said on Monday.

Coupang ( CPNG ) and the Interpark ticket outlet did not elaborate on

the controversies involving West, who is now known as Ye.

The U.S. rapper's latest controversy involves a song

released this month entitled "Heil Hitler," which praises the

Nazi leader and architect of the Holocaust.

The sportswear company Adidas ended their shoe collaboration

with West in October 2022 over a series of antisemitic rants and

sold the last pair of his Yeezy branded shoes in March.

Coupang ( CPNG ) and Interpark said all the tickets that had been

sold for the single show in Incheon on May 31 would be fully

refunded. Coupang ( CPNG ), whose streaming service, Coupang Play, was

organising the concert, also suspended the sale of merchandise

by West's Yeezy fashion line on Monday, it said.