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Newly minted Twitter CEO Elon Musk has booted Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, from Twitter for 12 hours after the rapper posted a series of controversial tweets.
The last straw came when Ye posted an image that looked like a Nazi swastika inside a Star of David, a religious symbol of Judaism, and indicated that it would be used as a logo for his 2024 presidential campaign.
“I did my best. Despite this, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence,” Musk wrote in response to the tweet, which was retracted. “Account will be suspended.”
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A photo illustration featuring Twitter owner Elon Musk. (Getty Images/iStock/Getty Images)
Just before his account was suspended Thursday night, Ye tweeted an unflattering image of a shirtless Musk on a yacht with Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel spraying him with a hose, writing, “Let’s always remember this as my last tweet.”
Musk responded to the image to clarify that Ye was being booted from the social media platform for violating Twitter’s rules, and not the image.
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“Just clarifying that his account is being suspended for incitement to violence, not an unflattering image of my hose for Ari,” Musk wrote.
He also joked, “Frankly, I found these photos to be a useful motivation to lose weight!”
Musk previously tweeted at Ye, encouraging him not to respond critically to others and pointing him to the teachings of Jesus in the New Testament.
“Jesus taught love, kindness and forgiveness,” Musk said Wednesday. “I used to think that turning the other cheek was weak and stupid, but I was a fool not to appreciate its profound wisdom.”
In this photo illustration, the Twitter logo is displayed on a mobile phone with a photo of Kanye West in the background. (OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images/Getty Images)
Musk reinstated Ye’s Twitter account after taking control of the company following its $44 billion takeover.
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The billionaire tech mogul has also welcomed back other notable figures such as former President Donald Trump, who has yet to take him up on the offer.