Kanye West drops out of Joel Osteen’s virtual Easter concert for safety of his Sunday Service Choir

Kanye West has dropped out of his scheduled spot on Joel Osteen’s virtual Easter concert out of regard for his Sunday Service Choir.

Their original plan was that the choir would be masked and maintaining social distance while recording songs with Kanye for the gig.

The 42-year-old rapper eventually decided that he could not satisfy either his artistic desires or his safety concerns with these arrangements, TMZ reports.

Joel’s Lakewood megachurch is based in Houston, while Kanye is hunkering down in Los Angeles with his wife Kim Kardashian and their four children.

Kanye and his Sunday Service Choir were planning to deliver their performances virtually to Joel’s Easter service, which will be livestreamed to viewers.

Joel and Kanye were still trying to figure out the logistics into Good Friday but the Power rapper has now decided against the venture.

Other scheduled virtual guests include Mariah Carey singing her song Hero, as well as Tyler Perry, USA Today reported.

Kanye began his Sunday Services at the beginning of last year, eventually drawing such celebrity guests as Brad Pitt, Justin Bieber and Chance The Rapper.

Late last year he released two albums with his Sunday Service Choir, Jesus Is King and the Christmas record Jesus Is Born.

During the promotional tour for Jesus Is King last November Kanye swung by Lakewood for an onstage chat with Joel about his religious awakening.

He did a discussion with Joel on a Sunday morning and that evening performed with the choir, with tickets given out for free. 

Some tickets were eventually snapped up by scalpers, but were voided if they could be confirmed to be so, according to TMZ.