Kanye West's 'Concerning Online Behavior' Prompts GRAMMYs to Bar Him From Performing

etonline.com:

Kanye «Ye» West will not be performing at the GRAMMYs due to his «concerning online behavior,» ET can confirm.A rep for the 44-year-old rapper tells ET they received a call Friday night and were told he was barred from performing.

Kanye, who is nominated for five GRAMMYs, had not been part of the Recording Academy's first slate of performers announced earlier this week, but it's possible he may have been announced as a performer down the road.ET has reached out to the Recording Academy for comment.According to, which was first to report the news, West's recent ban from Instagram didn't help matters.

What's more, the outlet cites sources claiming West's team wasn't surprised by the decision.The news comes just days after Kanye was suspended from posting on Instagram for 24 hours following a series of posts that Meta, the parent company of Instagram, deemed violated its policies on hate speech, harassment and bullying.

Kanye's Meta-imposed Instagram break came after his attacks on Kim and her boyfriend, Pete Davidson, D.L. Hughley and a racial slur-filled rant against The Daily Show's Trevor Noah.Some of Kanye's other posts have included voicing his frustrations over how his children are being raised and his claims that Kim is controlling when he gets to see them.