Kanye West has responded to rumours about him being kicked out of the Grammys 2025.
The rapper – now referred to as Ye – was nominated for Greatest Rap Tune (‘Carnival’ with Ty Dolla $ign and Wealthy The Child feat. Playboi Carti) at this 12 months’s occasion final Sunday (February 2). Nevertheless, he misplaced out to Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’.
West confronted backlash after he appeared on the crimson carpet along with his spouse Bianca Censori, who confirmed up in a see-through gown.
Censori turned up in a fur coat, which she then dropped to point out off an virtually solely see-through mini-dress, revealing her nude determine. This got here after the couple made headlines when it was reported that police in Venice have been investigating an “indecent” public incident on a ship in 2023.
Ye had additionally shared Polaroid footage of Censori in her mini-dress on X/Twitter forward of the Grammys, together with a picture of the pair kissing.
Web page Six reported that Ye and Censori have been later escorted out of the Grammys as each had proven up uninvited. It was stated that the nude stunt was accomplished to duplicate the album cowl of ‘Vultures 1’, Ye’s ¥$ collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign.
However TMZ claimed that Ye had certainly been invited to the ceremony due to his nomination, and that the couple weren’t escorted from the occasion. Based on a supply, the rapper himself determined to depart the Grammys with Censori after strolling the crimson carpet.
Now, West has claimed that US journalist and former CNN host Don Lemon “began the hearsay” that he and Censori had been kicked out of the Grammys in a now-deleted put up on Instagram.
“This the goofball that began the rumor that me and my spouse bought kicked out the Grammies [sic],” he captioned a picture of Lemon smiling.
“3 many years of innovating music they usually all the time Okay***S like this.”
Kanye claps at Don Lemon.
“This the goofball that began the rumor that me and my spouse bought kicked out the Grammies 3 many years of innovating music they usually all the time Okay**NS like this” pic.twitter.com/qEtsZPrYLO
— VideoMixtape.com (@VideoMixtape_) February 3, 2025
Lemon subsequently responded in a video on Instagram. “To start with, Kanye… Ye, no matter your identify is. I didn’t begin a hearsay about you being kicked out of the Grammys. I really corrected it,” he defined.
“I noticed somebody in your group who requested me to right it as a result of it had been reported all over the place.”
He added: “Get your shit straight. You, of all individuals, calling me a c**n?… That ‘Make America Nice Once more’ hat have to be too tight in your head.”
In a video replace as he was leaving the Grammys, Lemon advised his followers: “We noticed a spokesperson for Kanye and that spokesperson stated Kanye was certainly invited, they stated that’s a truth, and that he was not kicked out. That’s what they’re saying on Kanye’s aspect.”
Lemon had interviewed West on the Grammys earlier. “Kanye, when is ‘Bully’ gonna come out?” he requested, referring to the rapper’s upcoming new album. “Ye,” the artist responded. “I modified my identify to Ye. Quickly, this 12 months, although.”
In one other clip, Lemon requested: “Kanye, the primary artist you wish to placed on proper now?” He replied: “Give me a second. I’m centered.”
West then reportedly advised a member of his group that he didn’t wish to do any interviews on the Grammys.
In different information, Ye not too long ago previewed snippets of recent music from a DJ sales space in Tokyo, which included a shoutout to the disgraced rap mogul Diddy on a remix of Future’s ‘Magic Don Juan’.
