Kanye West’s alternative as one of many headliners at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Competition reportedly desires the identical bag Ye would’ve acquired, or else.
The Weeknd, who was introduced on Wednesday (April 6) because the headlining act who will exchange the Donda 2 rapper-producer on the standard music pageant, has demanded that he be paid the identical $8 million that was supposedly allotted to Kanye for the Coachella efficiency. In any other case, the “Hurricane” singer says he will not carry out in any respect, in accordance with Web page Six.
Even if Jason Lee, Ye’s new Head of Media and Partnerships, issued a press release earlier this week dispelling studies from Kanye’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian that the latest Grammy award winner will likely be searching for exterior assist in regards to his psychological well being, Web page Six claims to have heard from their sources that the reasoning for Kanye backing out of a headlining slot is because of the truth that he desires to “keep out of the general public eye after all of the drama with Kim and Pete” and that he desires to “get assist.”
The information of Kanye’s change of plans comes amidst a litany of controversy surrounding the Chicago native all through latest months. Earlier this week, it was reported that Kanye determined, on his personal, to not take the most important stage on Solar., April 17, on the famend Coachella pageant.
Preliminary curiosity within the “Eazy” rapper’s Coachella efficiency was heightened by the circulating rumors that Ye can be accompanied on stage by Travis Scott, which might’ve marked solely the second public efficiency from the “Sicko Mode” rapper following the widely-publicized tragedy that occurred on the Astrowold Competition in November of 2021.
XXL has reached out to reps for The Weeknd and Kanye West for remark.
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