Kanye West’s Grammys Performance Scrapped Due to ‘Online Behavior’

Kanye West was not among the many first wave of Grammy performers earlier this week, and he gained’t be added to the present’s lineup as a rep for the rapper confirmed stories that West has been barred from performing on the April 3 occasion.

Rapper the Recreation, West’s cohort on “Eazy,” first talked about on social media that the Grammys made a “final minute” determination to tug West from performing on the ceremony, the place West’s Donda is among the many finalists for Album of the Yr together with different nominations.

“The Grammys have on the final minute determined to tug [Kanye West] from acting on the present as if we didn’t understand it was coming,” the Recreation wrote on Instagram Friday.

“Might be as a result of [Trevor Noah, who Kanye lashed out at on Instagram before his account was suspended and scrubbed clean] is internet hosting and there was a dialog held amongst his staff & the academy that led to the choice or as a result of Ye’s account was suspended simply days in the past for causes unknown, particularly in a world the place all of the negativities of the world could be discovered on the identical app with no repercussions or suspensions…”

When requested for touch upon the Recreation’s Instagram submit, a rep for West advised Rolling Stone that “That is confirmed” and linked to a report by the Blast the place sources mentioned West’s Grammy efficiency was “scrapped” because of “regarding on-line habits.”

A consultant for the Recording Academy didn’t reply to Rolling Stone’s request for remark at press time. Regardless of reassuming management of his Instagram following his 24-hour ban, West has not but posted in regards to the Grammys scenario.

Considerations over a possible confrontation between Noah and West additionally involved producers, the Blast reported; Noah had beforehand commented about West’s tirades aimed toward ex-wife Kim Kardashian, “I’ll be trustworthy with you — what I see from the scenario is a lady who desires to reside her life with out being harassed by an ex-boyfriend or an ex-husband or an ex-anything.” West responded with a racial slur which in the end sparked his Instagram suspension.

Billie Eilish, BTS, Olivia Rodrigo, Brandi Carlile, Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow can be among the many performers to take that stage on the the sixty fourth Grammys, going down April 3 on the MGM Grand Enviornment in Las Vegas.