Ye, the artist previously referred to as Kanye West, will not be hitting the stage to carry out on music’s greatest night time following criticism over his latest social media assaults concentrating on a number of folks together with Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend, Pete Davidson, and tv host Trevor Noah.
Despite being nominated for 5 Grammys together with greatest rap tune for “Jail” and Album of the Year for “Donda,” which he named after his late mom, the rapper was barred from performing at the Grammy Awards for “concerning online behavior,” his spokesperson mentioned Saturday. Ye’s group obtained a name Friday informing them of the change.
According to The Blast, which first reported the news, the choice was partially made as a result of Noah is internet hosting the Grammys and there may be some concern about the two males coming face-to-face.
Ye’s spokesperson mentioned they don’t seem to be shocked by the Grammys’ choice, insinuating that the music awards present is outdated and doesn’t decide how profitable an artist is.
The Recording Academy didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
The transfer comes days after Ye was quickly banned from Instagram for violating its insurance policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment.
Content from the rapper’s Instagram account, which has greater than 15 million followers, has been deleted. In addition, the account was restricted from posting, commenting or sending direct messages for twenty-four hours, a Meta spokesperson mentioned Wednesday.
Earlier this week, Ye reportedly posted a photograph of Noah and captioned it with racial slurs after the comic and tv host mentioned the drama surrounding Ye’s divorce.
In a phase Tuesday on “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah,” he inspired folks to not joke about the state of affairs and mentioned Ye has change into “belligerent” in his makes an attempt to win Kardashian again.
Ye has additionally repeatedly posted about Davidson — prompting considerations from Kardashian that he was making a “dangerous and scary environment” for Davidson — and shared a music video that appeared to point out a clay animation model of Davidson being buried alive.