The Grammy Awards has removed Kanye West from its performance lineup over his “concerning online behavior,” a representative for the artist confirmed to Variety on Saturday.

However, the organization had never confirmed a planned performance by West, who is nominated for five Grammys for the 2022 show, which is set to take place April 3.

The Blast reported that the decision was also made partially because Trevor Noah is hosting the ceremony and there was concern about the two men’s interaction during the show.

Kanye West was suspended from using his Instagram account for 24 hours after posting a racial slur directed at Noah.

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A spokesperson for Meta, the parent company of Instagram, confirmed to TMZ that West’s recent post violated Instagram’s policies on hate speech, harassment and bullying. 

“What I see from the situation is a woman who wants to live her life without being harassed by an ex-boyfriend or an ex-husband or an ex-anything”, Noah said on The Daily Show following West’s racial slur directed at the talkshow host.

Following the suspension, West was unable to post, comment, or send DMs on the platform.

Over the past few weeks, West found himself in hot waters several times over his numerous posts. West attacked Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson through his Instagram post, which many felt was already harassment.

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In one post, West shared a snap of Davidson’s arm tattoo of Hillary Clinton and wrote, “Look at this d—head, I wonder if Instagram [is] gonna shut down my page for dissing [Hillary] Clinton’s ex-boyfriend”.

In another since-deleted post on Instagram, he encouraged his fans to “scream” at the actor and say “Kimye forever”.

Meanwhile, fellow rapper The Game defended West amid news of his Grammys performance cancellation in an Instagram post containing a graphic that reads, “When will all the BLACK entertainers, Athletes, Actors, Producers, Writers, Directors, Media etc…figure it out”.

“The Grammys have at the last minute decided to pull @kanyewest from performing on the show as if we didn’t know it was coming”, he wrote. “Could be because @trevornoah 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”.