Kanye West’s Grammys performance axed due to ‘concerning online behavior’
While West will no longer be performing, the rapper’s 2021 album 'Donda' has been nominated for five awards.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Kanye West will no longer be hitting the 2022 Grammys stage, as a rep for the artist has confirmed that his performance has been pulled due to his "concerning online behavior."
Variety confirmed the news shortly after West’s "Eazy" collaborator, rapper The Game, took to social media in a rant defending the multi-hyphenate as he faces scrutiny for harassing estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, cyberbullying Pete Davidson and using a racial slur while addressing "The Daily Show" host, Trevor Noah.
This Nov. 17, 2019, file photo shows Kanye West on stage during a service at Lakewood Church in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke, File)
Kim Kardashian, Kanye West
"The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull @kanyewest from performing on the show as if we didn’t know it was coming," The Game, born Jayceon Taylor, shared via Instagram Friday night.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}"Could be because @trevornoah is hosting and there was a conversation held amongst his team & the academy that led to the decision or because Ye’s account was suspended just days ago for reasons unknown especially in a world where all the negativities of the world can be found on the same app with no repercussions or suspensions," the MC hypothesized.
In this Nov. 6, 2019, file photo, Kanye West attends the WSJ. Magazine 2019 Innovator Awards at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)
"Speak your mind in this country for yourself, family or your people & you’re ostracized immediately & if you push them hard enough they will stop at no ends to try and put an end to you as a whole," the Compton, Calif. native went on. "I can’t sleep at night knowing I was quiet about issues burning holes in my heart or narratives incorrectly pushed by the mass agenda to create a mind set that the person at hand is krazy or has issues internally that are beyond repair."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}KANYE WEST SUSPENDED FROM INSTAGRAM FOR 24 HOURS
While West will no longer be performing, the rapper’s 2021 album "Donda" has been nominated for five awards, including Album of the Year.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}News of his cancelled performance comes days after one critic began a petition to have Ye dropped as a headliner for this year’s Coachella Music Festival.