Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended Friday morning for violating the platform’s “rule against incitement to violence.”
The tweet that brought about the suspension was an altered image of the Star of David with a swastika inside.
The rapper’s tweet includes what’s allegedly a text exchange with Twitter CEO Elon Musk, where Musk calls out West — who legally changed his name to Ye — for the swastika image and said “Sorry, but you have gone too far. This is not love,” to which West responded, “Who made you the judge.”
West, realizing his account is about to get suspended, posted a photo of Musk on his yacht getting sprayed with a hose. “Let’s always remember this as my final tweet #ye24,” he wrote. To which Musk replied with “That is fine,” and then replied to the image of the swastika with “This is not.”
Before this, Musk said “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.” in a reply when right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones asked Musk to “fix Kanye’s” Twitter account.
This incident follows the rapper’s recent interview with Jones where he praised Adolf Hitler, saying “I see good things about Hitler, also.” At the interview, the rapper, who covered his face in a black mask, proceeded with his antisemitic rhetoric.
On Tuesday, West was at an “explosive” dinner with former President Donald Trump and known white nationalist and antisemite Nick Fuentes.
These are just the latest of West’s antisemitic outbursts. It seems, too, based on the company he now keeps, that things have just escalated. In October, the disgraced rapper lost partnerships, professional and personal relationships, and a huge chunk of his net worth after making antisemitic remarks on Twitter and in an interview on Drink Champs.
The October incident also got his Twitter account suspended. And then Musk took over the platform and reinstated his account.
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