The 2022 American Music Awards are taping in Los Angeles on Sunday (Nov. 20), and a highly-anticipated Chris Brown performance was reportedly canceled at the last minute, leading to speculation and reactions across social media. The Brown performance was expected to be a part of a 40th anniversary tribute to Michael Jackson's Thriller.

Jermaine Dupri shared his thoughts on the issue via a video posted on his Instagram account.

“If the American Music Awards canceled the Chris Brown performance,” Dupri says in the clip. “Then that means they canceled the 40th anniversary of Thriller. Which means they canceled the Michael Jackson tribute. Black Music, we in trouble.”

He added in the caption: “Remember I told you.”

Brown shared a video of his team's rehearsal for the performance. After sharing the vid, Brown posted that he would not be appearing.

"WOULDVE been the ama performance,” he wrote. “But they cancelled me for reasons unknown. [shrug emoji]”