Elon Musk took action on Kanye West before the rapper deleted his own X account following three days of horrific online rants.
The 47-year-old rapper sparked calls for him to be banned from the social media platform after declaring himself to be a Nazi, professing his ‘love’ for Adolf Hitler and claiming he had ‘dominion’ over his wife Bianca Censori.
On Sunday, Elon took action after an X user complained about Kanye being able to freely post pornography on his account.
‘Given what he posted, his account is now classified as NSFW. You should not be seeing that anymore,’ the businessman replied.
Hours later, Ye signed off from the platform, which he referred to by its old name, as he deactivated his account of his own accord.
He wrote: ‘I’m logging out of Twitter. I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board. It was like an Ayahuasca trip.
‘Love all of you who gave me your energy and attention. To we connect again. Good afternoon and good night.’
During the Super Bowl, Kanye took aim at Taylor Swift during Kendrick Lamar’s halftime performance.
He wrote: ‘If its about the culture … why are we letting Taylor Swift be seen on TV singing a song about taking a black man down and accusing of things that can take a black man down for life.’
At last weekend’s Grammy Awards, the 35-year-old pop star was seen dancing to Kendrick’s Not Like Us diss track aimed at Drake.
During the halftime show, Kanye added: ‘Kendrick is being used by these white people and Jews and so am I.’
He has sparked outrage for his posts over the last few days, with many wondering if the rapper could possibly be in his right mind.
Kanye was previously banned from X from December 2022 until summer 2023 for similar disturbing messages.
He spent hours uploading on his X account on Friday morning where he weight-shamed women, targeted the Jewish community, and expressed support for Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, who is facing numerous sexual assault allegations.
‘I’m racist. Stereo types exist for a reason and they all be true,’ he said during his earlier rant on Friday morning.
At one point, he posted: ‘I’m never apologising for my Jewish comments. I can say whatever the f**k I wanna say forever. Where’s my f*****g apology for freezing my accounts. S**k my d**k how’s that for an apology.’
Friends actor David Schwimmer, 58, was among those to publicly call for the ‘deranged’ star to be banned from X before he stepped back of his own accord.
Sharing a selection of Kanye’s comments on Instagram, he wrote: ‘This is so 2022. We can’t stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk.
‘Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That’s twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence. His sick hate speech results in REAL LIFE violence against Jews.(sic)’
He expressed disgust that there hadn’t been ‘sufficient outrage’ over Kanye’s comments, and warned staying silent made people ‘complicit’ in the dangerous rants.
He explained: ‘I don’t know what’s worse, the fact that he identifies as a Nazi (which implies he wants to exterminate ALL marginalized communities including his own) or the fact that there is not sufficient OUTRAGE to remove and ban him from all social media at this point. Silence is complicity. (sic)’
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