Topline
Kanye West has been pulled from performing at the 2022 Grammy Awards over his “concerning online behavior,” Variety said Saturday a representative for the rapper had confirmed, a few days after he was banned from Instagram for 24 hours for lobbing a racial slur at comedian Trevor Noah.
Artist Kanye West poses at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2006, … [+]
Key Facts
The decision to bar West from performing was in part to head off the possibility of negative interactions with Noah, who is the host of the 64th Grammy Awards, according to the Blast, which first reported the story.
West, who has won 22 Grammys and is up for another five this year, was not on the first list of performers released earlier in the week, but Variety reports he could have been a planned performer.
Forbes has reached out to the Recording Academy and CBS.
Big Number
$1.8 billion. That’s West’s net worth as of Saturday, according to Forbes.
Key Background
West used a racial slur at Noah, host of the Daily Show, in a now-deleted Instagram post after Noah criticized how West wrote about his former spouse Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Pete Davidson online.
Further Reading
Kanye West Barred From Performing at Grammys Due to ‘Concerning Online Behavior,’ Rep Confirms (Variety)
Kanye West suspended from Instagram for 24 hours on policy violation (Reuters)
Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/lisakim/2022/03/19/kanye-west-reportedly-pulled-from-performing-at-grammys-over-concerning-online-behavior/