South African comedian, Trevor Noah has spoken up against Kanye west’s recently Grammys performance ban amid “concerning” online behavior and a 24-hour suspension from Instagram for directing a racial slur at Noah.
On Sunday, Noah, who is hosting the upcoming music award ceremony, issued a statement on Twitter. He wrote, “I said counsel Kanye, not cancel Kanye.”
This is coming a day after West’s representative confirmed that the rapper’s team was told that he was pulled from the lineup of performers for the Grammys due to his “concerning online behavior.”
Earlier, Eelive reported that West was suspended from Instagram for 24 hours after posting a racial slur directed at Noah. Instagram’s parent company, Meta, revealed that he violated the group’s policies on hate speech, bullying and harassment.
The Grammy award winning rapper has been using Instagram to express grievances with his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian and her boyfriend Pete Davidson.
West also addressed Noah with a racial slur a day after he expressed concern about him on The Daily Show. Noah spoke about what he called the rapper’s “belligerent” behavior and treatment of Kim and Pete.
According to Noah, from age 9, he grew up in an abusive relationship. He recalled a memory of learning about his own mother being shot by his stepfather, he said,
“What I see from the situation [about Kanye] is a woman who wants to live her life without being harassed by an ex-boyfriend or an ex-husband or an ex-anything.”
In his comment on Kanye’s since-deleted Instagram post about him, Noah wrote,
