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Per Deadline: Kanye West has apparently been pulled from a planned live performance at the upcoming Grammy Awards with one report in Variety quoting his represenative as saying the action was taken because of “concerning online behavior.” The 64th Grammy Awards will be held April 3 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, with Trevor Noah again acting as host. CBS will broadcast the event live and stream live and on demand on Paramount+. West is nominated for five Grammy Awards. West’s erratic behavior has escalated lately, with his latest incident targeting Noah with a racial slur for defending West’s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, and urging West to seek help for his admitted mental health problems. West was banned from Instagram for 24 hours earlier this week because of his inflammatory postings. Rapper The Game, a West collaborator, seemed to confirm West’s ban Friday by posting about it to Instagram. However, he blamed “disrespect” to Black entertainers as the reason for West no longer performing. “Time & time again they show us that they only want to STEAL the culture, not allow you to ever be their equals. In a more than obvious move for reasons of minuscule actions…. 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. Could be because (Trevor Noah) 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…. We’ll just say it’s all of the above & a continuous disrespect for us & all that we have brought to the table in entertainment, media & sports over the last 100 years especially.” CBS and West’s representative were contacted by Deadline for comment, but have not yet responded.

Kanye West has been suspended from posting to Instagram for the next 24 hours Joe Osborne, a Meta spokesperson, confirmed to Deadline tonight. The action comes after a series of posts aimed at ex Kim Kardashian, her boyfriend Pete Davidson, comedian D.L. Hughley and, most recently, Daily Show Host Trevor Noah. Noah addressed the situation on his show Tuesday night with a take that was short on gossip and long on empathy, understanding and hope for healing. In a since-removed post, West today shared the lyrics to a well-known song about hope and togetherness, but replaced one word with a like-sounding racial slur seemingly at Noah for his Daily Show bit. West has 15 million followers. Osborne indicated that Instagram deleted had deleted one of West’s posts — ostensibly the above-mentioned one — and indicated the hop-hop superstar violated the platform’s hate speech, bullying and harassment policies. In addition, he is prohibited from post posting further, sending or receiving DMs or commenting for 24 hours. The platform said will take further action if it becomes aware of further violations, Osborne said. Noah, for his part, seemed to be taking pains to give everyone the benefit of the doubt in his Daily Show bit last night, a courtesy West did not apparently return. “What’s weird about the situation is Kanye West has told us that he struggles with his mental health,” said Noah on the show. “So I get it, you wanna have art as therapy. But here’s what’s weird that Kanye doesn’t understand: It’s like, what we’re seeing is — it makes you uncomfortable.” After referencing Eminem’s tough guy act and saying everyone knew it was just an act Noah explained, “With Kanye, we don’t know how to feel. We don’t know how to worry. I think Kanye doesn’t seem to understand that. He goes, ‘Leave me to create my art.’ Yeah but Kanye, you told us you have problems. Now when we worry about that, you say we shouldn’t worry because it’s not [his] problem. Or it is [his] problems? Which is it? “It puts society in precarious condition, because of his harassment of Kim. “You may not feel sorry for Kim,” Noah said to viewers, “but what she’s going through is terrifying to watch and it shines a spotlight on what so many women have to go through to leave. “What we’re seeing is one of THE most powerful — one of the richest — women in the world to get her ex to stop texting her, to stop chasing her, to stop harassing her.” https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow/status/150393255814441779

Go on Kim’s Instagram stories and see for yourself! North really said “turn that broken Disney girl off” and I‘m on the ground deceased!