Selecting Kehlani to headline Cornell’s annual Slope Day “has injected division and discord” into the event, university president Michael I. Kotlikoff wrote in a letter.

A scheduled performance from Kehlani at Cornell University in New York State has been canceled, with the university's president issuing a statement on behalf of a divided student body. The school confirmed their decision to remove Kehlani was due to her making what were felt to be "antisemitic,

Cornell University canceled a Kehlani performance over the singer-songwriter’s support for Palestine. President Michael Kotlikoff cited concerns over what he called Kehlani’s “antisemitic, anti-Israel sentiments in performances,