Kanye West To Perform On 'Saturday Night Live' Season 44 Premiere

The ye artist last performed on SNL in 2016.

Kanye West is serving as a musical guest for the season premiere of Saturday Night Live.

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The Twitter account for the comedy sketch series made the announcement Monday afternoon. Actor Adam Driver will serve as the host.

The season premiere is happening on September 29.

Last month, West spoke on Twitter about a previous appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, where the late-night host asked the rapper if he thought Trump cared about black people.

"On Jimmy Kimmel, we had a great time having a dialogue. I'm reading that I was stumped by a question. Let me clarify the click bait. I wasn't stumped. I wasn't given a chance to answer the question," West said. "The question was so important I took time to think. And then I was hit with the let's go to commercial break. That interview showed strong personalities with different opinions having a civil conversation."