Nearly 50,000 petitioners want Kanye West ousted as Toronto Pan Am Games performer

Published Jul. 17, 2015 4:47 p.m. ET

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Brett Smiley

On Wednesday, organizers for the 2015 Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games announced that Kanye West would headline the event's closing ceremonies on July 26.

Nearly 48 hours later, almost 50,000 (and counting) have signed a petition on Change.org urging the organizers to reconsider and give the stage to a Canadian performer instead.

The petition reads (emphasis added):

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