Kanye West Dropped Out Of Coachella Reportedly Due To This; Twitter Suggests Potential Replacement
KEY POINTS
- Kanye West was set to headline Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival along with Billie Eilish and Harry Styles
- West did not want to perform amid his divorce from Kim Kardashian and in the wake of his feud with Trevor Noah, a report says
- Twitter users speculated about who would replace West as headliner at the upcoming festival
Kanye West decided to pull out of the Coachella festival for personal reasons, according to a report.
The "Donda" artist was set to headline this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival along with Billie Eilish and Harry Styles.
However, West canceled his scheduled appearance two weeks before the festival is set to begin as the rapper did not want to take the stage amid his ongoing divorce from estranged wife Kim Kardashian and in the wake of his one-sided feud with "Daily Show" host Trevor Noah, an unnamed source "close to the artist" told CNN.
West had been scheduled to play the closing night of the festival, which runs April 15-17 and April 22-24 at the Empire Polo Ground in Indio, California.
The Yeezy founder — who also previously pulled out of a planned headlining appearance at the 2020 festival — had not rehearsed or prepared for his scheduled performance at this year's Coachella, Variety reported, citing an unnamed insider.
Some Twitter users have since started suggesting artists who could potentially take over as headliner, with one person tweeting that Coachella could try booking "Nicki Minaj or Doja Cat."
Another user said Argentine singer-actress Martina Stoessel "can do the work."
One suggested that Adele could take over West's spot, though some appeared to disagree. "[Adele is] a queen and a legend, but I don't think her style matches Coachella," one Twitter user argued.
West's absence from Sunday's Grammys and news of his canceled Coachella appearance came a week after anonymous sources told Page Six that the rapper promised Kardashian that he won't be making "any public appearances or inflammatory social media statements" and that he plans to "go away somewhere to get better" following his social media tirades against his estranged wife and her new boyfriend, Pete Davidson.
According to the insider, it wasn't clear if West planned to go into a treatment facility as he has stayed in Los Angeles to be with his and Kardashian's four kids, North, 8, Saint, 6, Chicago, 4, and Psalm, 2.
"At this time, Ye is committed to a healthy co-parenting relationship with Kim and is and focused on raising their beautiful children," a rep for West said in a statement to Page Six.
West was previously pulled from the list of performers for the 2022 Grammys after he used a racial slur to mock Noah after the TV host questioned the rapper's treatment of Kardashian in recent months.
West did not attend the Grammys despite being nominated for five awards. He won two trophies Sunday, including best melodic rap performance for "Hurricane," his collaboration with The Weeknd and Lil Baby, and best rap song for "Jail."
After news broke last month that West was pulled from the Grammy Awards' performers lineup, an online petition was launched to have the rapper removed from the list of Coachella headliners as well.
"We have watched Kanye harass, manipulate and hurt Kim, Pete and others for over a year now. No one seems to want to stand up to him, and the ones that do, he puts under fire as well," read the description of the Change.org petition, which now has more than 49,700 signatures.
"Most recently, he has been threatening actual bodily harm on others," it continued. "[It] is ridiculous that he is allowed to freely do this. Coachella (along with other brand names that are still working with him) should be ashamed of themselves and should not be giving him any more of a platform."
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