Kanye West was not among the first wave of Grammy performers earlier this week, and he won’t be added to the show’s lineup as a rep for the rapper confirmed reports that West has been barred from performing at the April 3 event.
Rapper the Game, West’s cohort on “Eazy,” first mentioned on social media that the Grammys made a “last minute” decision to pull West from performing at the ceremony, where West’s Donda is among the finalists for Album of the Year along with other nominations.
“The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull [Kanye West] from performing on the show as if we didn’t know it was coming,” the Game wrote on Instagram Friday.
“Could be because [Trevor Noah, who Kanye lashed out at on Instagram before his account was suspended and scrubbed clean] is hosting and there was a conversation held amongst his team & the academy that led…
