Kanye West will no longer perform at the 2022 Grammy due to his ‘concerning online behaviour,’.
According to a spokesman for the musician, Kanye West’s performance was canceled and he will no longer be performing at the annual awards ceremony.
West’s representative cited a late Friday article in The Blast alleging that the artist’s team got a phone call Frida y night notifying him that he had been “unfortunately” pulled off the roster of artists for the performance due to his “concerning online behaviour.”
While West, who is nominated for five Grammy Awards in 2022, was not among the initial performers announced on Tuesday, he might have been a scheduled performer. For those unversed, recently, Kanye, 44, has been under criticism for his recurrent public tantrums directed at his split with wife Kim Kardashian and her new partner Pete Davidson, as well as other celebrities who have denounced his conduct, including Trevor Noah
“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.
“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.
“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 mindset that the person at hand is Krazy or has issues internally that are beyond repair.”
While West will no longer be performing, the rapper’s 2021 album “Donda” has been nominated for five awards, including Album of the Year.
