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Kanye West Disappoints By Not Joining Chance The Rapper For Halftime Show

Kanye West was rumored to be performing with Chance The Rapper during the NBA All-Star Game halftime show.

Not long before Chance the Rapper commenced his NBA All-Star Game halftime show on Sunday night (Feb. 16), a photo circulated the web that showed the microphones reserved backstage for the big performance. The mics were stored in their own individual boxes with labels indicating the artists that would supposedly be singing into them soon: Chance, Quavo, DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Justin Bieber and Kanye West. 

Quavo and DJ Khaled ended up coming out for "I'm The One". Lil Wayne joined Chance for the Coloring Book cut, "No Problem", which still brings immense joy to this day. Even though 2 Chainz was in the building, unfortunately, he didn't hop onstage to contribute his verse. However, this wasn't the omission that had Twitter complaining. After all, 2 Chainz was never rumored to perform. Kanye, on the other hand, was. 

The fact that Kanye was sitting front row between Kim Kardashian and J. Cole made fans all the more furious that he didn't emerge for "Ultralight Beam". Ye and Chance being two of Chicago's brightest stars would have also made a joint performance a nice gift for their hometown, where the game was hosted. Regardless, Chance gave viewers shivers by rapping his own standout verse from the TLOP track. Bieber was presumably slated to come out for "I'm The One", but there were no signs of him even being in the building. I suppose both Ye and Biebs only committed to being game-time decisions. 

Check out the disappointed Twitter reactions regarding Kanye's halftime show absence below.

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K-Pop Group BTS’ Microphones Sold For $83,000 At MusiCares Grammys Week Auction


That’s a lot of coin.

K-Pop supergroup BTS sold the microphones for all seven members from their Love Yourself tour at a MusiCares Grammy Week auction on Friday, and apparently, they were worth a lot. The mics sold for a whopping $83,000 in total, exceeding far and wide their pre-auction estimate of between $10,000 and $20,000. These were the first-ever auction items authorized to be sold by BTS. The boyband is set to hit the stage on Sunday night alongside Lil Nas X, Billy Ray Cyrus, Diplo, and Mason Ramsay for a killer Grammys performance.

K-Pop Group BTS' Microphones Sold For $83,000 At MusiCares Grammys Week Auction

Another group that will be taking the stage at the award show are rock legends Aerosmith, who will perform with their former collaborator, Run DMC. Aerosmith were the honorees of MusiCares Person of the Year tribute this year, and they decided to donate some of their prized possessions to the auction as well. Steven Tyler autographed a Shure SM58 microphone as well as an accompanying white microphone stand covered in his signature scarves. The mic and stand nabbed $7,680, as did Joe Perry’s autographed Gibson Les Paul Signature guitar.

Other musicians also made incredible contributions to the auction. Tom Petty’s estate donated a limited-edition watch made from the leather of one of the late artist’s guitar straps, engraved with “Made with leather donated by Tom Petty.” It sold for over $22,000. Halsey’s artwork, which she made live during her SNL performance this Saturday, sold for $7,680. A Stevie Nicks-signed tambourine she had used on stage sold for $10,240, and Eddie Vedder’s ukulele covered in his own drawings went for $8,960. All proceeds from the auction went towards the Recording Academy’s MusiCares program, which provides health, financial, and rehabilitation resources to music people in times of need.