Trevor Noah responds after Kanye West banned from Grammys

Trevor Noah has jokingly responded to Kanye West’s Grammy Awards ban after the pair locked horns over the rapper’s social media posts.

Ye is said to be ‘banned’ from performing at this year’s ceremony following his ‘concerning online behaviour’ aimed at his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and her new boyfriend Pete Davidson.

Reacting to the news, Trevor, who is hosting the Grammys, penned: ‘I said counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye.’

Although Trevor has publicly criticised the artist’s behaviour, a source close to the comedian told CNN that he had nothing to do with Kanye being axed from the schedule.

His response comes after Kanye hurled a racist slur at him on Instagram, which led to the All Falls Down rapper’s account being suspended.

In the now-deleted Instagram post, Kanye, 44, shared a screenshot of a Google search for Trevor, 38, with his South African heritage displayed underneath. Reciting the lyrics from the kumbaya folk song – which originates in an African-American spiritual song evoking harmony – he changed ‘kum’ with a slur.

‘If you’re just joking about it all and I’m an idiot for caring, then so be it. But I’d rather be the idiot who spoke up and said something to you in life, than the cool guy who said nothing and then mourns for you in prison or the grave.’ 

Addressing the racial slur, Trevor said: ‘Oh and as for K**n… clearly some people graduate but we still stupid. 

‘Don’t ever forget, the biggest trick racists ever played on Black people was teaching us to strip each other of our Blackness whenever we disagree. Tricking us into dividing ourselves up into splinters, so that we would never unite into a powerful rod.’

He ended on a light note and joked: ‘I can’t front though, K**n Baya is also funny as s**t. 

During his recent episode of The Daily Show, Trevor suggested Kanye was harassing ex-wife Kim, telling viewers: ‘Do we wish to stand by and watch a car crash when we thought we saw it coming? Or do we at least want to say, “slow down, let’s all put our hazards on, because there’s a storm coming and s**t might go down”?’ 

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