Kanye West is again on Twitter after his account was locked following a sequence of antisemitic posts.
This morning (November 20) he posted a tweet testing to see if his account was working. “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked,” he wrote.
It comes after West vowed to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, whom he claims have a hyperlink with Black individuals earlier than having his Twitter and Instagram account locked.
The rapper has repeatedly denied that his feedback have been racist, together with saying that he doesn’t imagine within the time period “anti-semitism” as a result of he claims that it’s “not factual”. However, he later supplied some type of apology in an interview with Piers Morgan, saying: “I’m sorry for the people that I hurt with the ‘death con’… I feel like I caused hurt and confusion”.
Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked
— ye (@kanyewest) November 20, 2022
Following West’s feedback, Musk additionally mentioned that he spoke to the rapper about his conduct, tweeting: “Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart.”
Musk then deleted a tweet hinting at a attainable enterprise collaboration with the rapper shortly after.
Meanwhile, earlier this week, Kano Computing, the corporate that developed the Stem Player to permit followers to hearken to and customise songs from West‘s ‘Donda’ albums, severed ties with the rapper within the wake of his anti-semitic feedback.
Klein, who’s half Jewish, spoke to The Los Angeles Times about his dealings with the embattled star. “[West] tried to call me racist when I gently told him that attacking a whole race of people wasn’t good for him or Stem,” he mentioned.
“I asked Kanye not to take the path he’s on. We’ve told him that we’re unable to work together while he’s putting out racial conspiracy theories. There’s no deal in place.”
Kano’s transfer follows quite a few different organisations and figures which have labored with West. Adidas lately minimize ties with the star – so have his lawyer and reserving company. And Hollywood manufacturing firm and financiers, MRC, revealed that it’ll shelve a “recently completed” documentary about West.
Luxury style home Balenciaga additionally lately axed its relationship with West, whereas a consultant for Vogue journal confirmed to Page Six final month that neither the journal nor its editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, plan to work with West shifting ahead.
West’s return to Twitter comes after Donald Trump additionally returned to the social media platform yesterday (November 19) following a web-based ballot.