Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, has returned to Twitter following a far more than two 7 days crack. Ye formerly had his account locked after building a series of anti-Semitic remarks.
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Kanye West, the rapper who now goes by the name Ye, posted his initial tweets immediately after a a lot more than two-week silence.
On Sunday, he tweeted to check if his account was operating.
Ye adopted that up with “Shalom,” a greeting in Hebrew.
The tweets mark the return of another controversial figure to Twitter next the company’s acquisition by Elon Musk. The billionaire govt reported on Saturday that he will reinstate the account of former President Donald Trump.
Unlike Trump, Ye by no means received an outright ban from Twitter. Alternatively, the firm locked his account on Oct. 10 for an unspecified total of time, right after the rapper posted a number of antisemitic remarks which escalated into threatening and hateful remarks about Jewish people.
Ye did not tweet soon after Oct. 9 right until Nov. 3. It is unclear when Twitter unlocked his account.
Musk reported in late October that he was not guiding Ye’s account staying restored.
On Sunday, Musk responded to Ye’s Twitter comeback.
In reaction to his lockout on Twitter last month, Ye agreed to acquire the conservative social media platform Parler.
Ye’s antisemitic outbursts have led to significant commercial companions cutting bargains with the rapper.
Adidas ended its partnership with Ye final month while Gap and Foot Locker claimed they’d remove solutions from the rapper’s Yeezy brand name from their stores.