Trevor Noah says 'counsel Kanye not cancel' him after the rapper was pulled from the Grammys lineup

• Ye was pulled from the Grammys performance lineup after he used a racial slur against Trevor Noah.
• Trevor Noah is set to host the 2022 Grammy awards.

This year's Grammys host, Trevor Noah, appeared to disagree with the Recording Academy's decision to cancel Ye's performance at the 2022 Grammys.

"I said counsel Kanye not cancel Kanye," Noah tweeted on Sunday.

Last week, multiple outlets reported that Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) was pulled from the lineup of Grammy performers after he posted a comment on Instagram that repeatedly directed a racial slur towards Noah, who's set to host the 2022 ceremony, airing on CBS April 3.

Ye's comment was in response to a segment that aired on the comedian's late-night series, "The Daily Show," during which Noah urged audiences to pay attention to the public dispute between Ye, his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, and her new boyfriend, Pete Davidson.

Noah said last Tuesday on the show that the situation "touches on something that is more sensitive and serious than people would like to admit."

The comedian continued to criticize Ye's behavior toward Kardashian, saying that the rapper was harassing her and that the incident was shining "a spotlight on what so many women go through when they choose to leave."

The host compared the situation to his childhood, saying that he was raised in an abusive household from ages 9 to 16 and that people told his mother that she was "overreacting."

Noah's stepfather shot his mother in the head after their divorce, he told People in 2017. The comedian's mother survived the attack.

Ye was suspended by Instagram and later pulled from the Grammys lineup

Ye's Instagram account was temporarily suspended for 24 hours following his comments toward Noah.

Insider's Palmer Haash reported last week that in response to Noah's segment, Ye posted an image of a Google search result for Noah on Instagram.

In the caption of the post, he parodied the lyrics of the spiritual song "Kumbaya," referring to Noah using a term that, according to a 2020 story from the Andscape associate editor Brando Simeo Starkey, is "an intraracial slur to castigate a certain type of Black person who betrays race," often used by another Black person.

Days after his back-and-forth with Noah, Ye's rep confirmed to People that he was pulled from the Grammys lineup.

CNN reported that Noah was not involved in the Recording Academy's decision to ax Ye's performance. The outlet spoke to an anonymous source with intimate knowledge of the Recording Academy's planning processes.

"Trevor never asked the Grammys to ban Kanye from performing. He was not offended by Kanye's Instagram post and Trevor responded on Instagram. The notion that Trevor or his team asked the Grammys to ban Kanye is ridiculous," the source told CNN.

Insider reached out to Noah and Ye, but didn't immediately hear back.