Kanye West whose Twitter profile got suspended for posting antisemitic remarks has returned to the micro-blogging website. This happened a day after billionaire Elon Musk took ownership of the social media company following his $44 billion deal.
The rapper took to his Twitter handle and wrote, “Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked.”
It is still not clear if Musk, who finalized his purchase of Twitter last month, okayed Mr. West’s return. However, he appeared to be welcoming the rapper back to the platform by punning on his recent name change. “Don’t kill what ye hate. Save what ye love,” Mr. Musk wrote responding to Mr. West’s tweet.
In another post, Mr. West also tweeted “Shalom” with a smiley face.
The rapper’s account was banned on October 9 after he said he was going “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”. It was reinstated earlier this month when Elon Musk’s Twitter purchase went through.
The American rapper first had his Instagram account suspended after a since-removed post in which he invoked antisemitic tropes, accusing a musician of being controlled by the “Jewish people”.
Last month, before the acquisition of the company, when Mr. Musk revealed that Mr. West’s Twitter account was restored, the rapper wrote, “they did not consult with or inform him,” in response to a question.
Meanwhile, Mr West’s latest tweet comes after Twitter on Friday also restored the account of former US President Donald Trump, who had been banned from the platform since January 2021, following a Twitter poll conducted by Mr Musk. “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated,” the “Chief Twit” wrote. More than 15 million people – out of 237 million daily Twitter users – voted on the poll. While 51.8 percent voted in favour of reinstating Mr Trump’s account, 48.2 percent voted against it.
