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Entertainment
Tatyana Turner

Chicago dumping Kanye too? Wieners Circle marquee quip, West Loop mural repainting signal rejection

CHICAGO — The Wieners Circle has never been one to hold back an insult.

On Thursday, its marquee — a North Clark Street beacon that has taken aim at public figures ranging from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin — called out hip-hop artist Kanye West, whose recent antisemitic comments have cost him partnerships totaling $2 billion in recent weeks, West said on Instagram.

The Lincoln Park hot dog stand declared “Kanye can suck our kosher dogs” on its marquee, jokingly adding in a post on Twitter that, “Chicago has officially dropped Kanye.”

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