Kanye West

There is a notice from Twitter in the tweet's place that reads: “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules.”

On another occasion, the 45-year-old took to Instagram to post screenshots of text messages with Diddy in which Kanye suggested he was controlled by Jewish people, according to media reports. Spokesmen from Twitter and Instagram confirmed on Sunday that Kanye had violated their community guidelines and would therefore be unable to post on his accounts for the time being. Kanye West has been locked out of his Twitter and Instagram accounts after posting messages deemed antisemitic by the social media giants' policies.

Spokesmen for Twitter and Instagram parent Meta said the rapper now know as Ye posted messages which violated their policies.

Ye’s Twitter account is still active but he cannot post until the suspension ends, after an unspecified period. The sanctions may include temporary restrictions on posting, commenting or sending direct messages. Billionaire and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk, who last week renewed his 44 billion dollar (£39.6 billion) offer to buy Twitter following a months-long legal battle with the company, greeted Ye’s return to the platform before his suspension by tweeting “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend.”

Kanye West, who goes by Ye, had his social media accounts restricted after a series of antisemitic posts.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York also weighed in on Ye’s tweets, saying that, “There is absolutely no room in this country or world for antisemitism. “The behavior exhibited this week by @kanyewest is deeply troubling, dangerous, and antisemitic, period. He went on to criticize Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Meta, which owns Instagram, for removing him from the platform.

Jamie Lee Curtis, Sarah Silverman, Diane Warren and more spoke out against Kanye West after his antisemitic posts on Twitter and Instagram.

Last year, [the rapper said he still supports Donald Trump, ](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/11/05/ye-doubles-down-trump-support-calls-john-legend-sellout/6296500001/)despite not voting for him in 2016 and running against him in a failed 2020 presidential campaign. He also wore it Friday while attending 9-year-old daughter North West's basketball game, [photos obtained by TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/08/kanye-white-lives-matter-shirt-behind-kim-north-basketball-game/) show. [A threat to Jewish people ended once in a genocide](https://twitter.com/jamieleecurtis/status/1579071323795779584). This is your place, Ye, you’re Black, so you’re a Democrat.'" "'This is your place, Ye, don’t talk about apparel. The sanctions may include temporary restrictions on posting, commenting or sending direct messages. "They perpetuate stereotypes that have been the basis for discrimination and violence against Jews for thousands of years. "It is important to see how harmful + dangerous Kanye’s words are - not only to our Jewish brothers, sisters, & siblings, but also to our collective society at large," she said. ['Reading is like eating Brussels sprouts'](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/09/19/kanye-west-private-school-never-read-book/10424468002/) "Why do mostly only Jews speak up against Jewish hate? [Diane Warren](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/03/16/diane-warren-susan-lucci-of-oscars-13-nominations/7049547001/) called for Ye to be "banned for life everywhere." [Sarah Silverman responds to preacher's antisemitic tirade](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/09/sarah-silverman-anti-semitic-rant-he-going-get-me-killed/1970018001/)

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[privacy policy](/page/terms-conditions). [appearing at Paris Fashion Week in a t-shirt branded “White Lives Matter”](https://mixmag.net/read/kanye-west-showcases-white-lives-matter-causing-controversy-news). [Community Security Trust (CST)](https://cst.org.uk/antisemitism/report-antisemitism) is a charity that supports British Jews who have faced antisemitism. Ye has been the centre of criticism over the past week. “Ye needs to see that words matter, especially a vicious antisemitic comment that recently surfaced on social media. Diddy), where the rapper claimed that Combs was controlled by Jewish people, referencing an antisemitic theory.

Instagram and Twitter have suspended Kanye “Ye” West after the rapper shared a series of antisemitic statements on both social media platforms.

[TMZ](https://www.tmz.com/2022/10/04/black-lives-matter-responds-kanye-west-white-lives-matter-candace-owens/), the Black Lives Matter Grassroots organization opposed West and conservative pundit Candace Owens wearing the “White Lives Matter” shirts in Paris. [NBC](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/kanye-west-ye-instagram-anti-semitic-rcna51340). According to a Meta spokesperson, Instagram may temporarily restrict violators from posting, commenting or sending direct messages. Amid widespread criticism from the fashion community and beyond, West [doubled down on the stunt](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-03/kanye-west-candace-owen-white-lives-matter-shirts) and called the Black Lives Matter movement “a scam.” A representative for Twitter also confirmed Monday that the app had locked West’s account for breaking its rules. [a “White Lives Matter” shirt](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-05/kanye-west-vogue-white-lives-matter-shirts-controversy) to Paris Fashion Week.

The candid film shows West helming his business operations, previewing new music, and provoking Adidas executives in a confrontational meeting.

Later in the film, he goes to see North West play basketball at a school and the Kardashian-West family briefly reconvenes. He proposes “Dondafying” the space by removing all the lights and swapping out stairs for ramps, then confides in Yeezy investor Shervin Pishevar about his difficulty being kind to people. Then the film pivots into a reality format, with West hearing pitches, securing business deals, and driving around listening to his own music.

Kanye West has shared a new documentary called Last Week and it's already proving controversial thanks to several clips.

Last month, he then hit out at the company again with [a new post imagining the death of the sportswear brand’s chief Kasper Rørsted](https://www.nme.com/news/music/kanye-west-hits-out-at-adidas-chief-kasper-rorsted-with-fake-death-post-3303095). He later issued another defiant response insisting: “They do”. He also plays some unreleased music in the film. A spokesperson from Twitter told You a fake bitch”. The Adidas Yeezy partnership is one of the most successful collaborations in our industry’s history. After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. Twitter locked West’s account on Sunday following an antisemitic tweet. West partnered with Adidas under the Yeezy banner in late 2013, with their first collection debuting in 2015. In one clip, West is meeting executives from Adidas and plays a porn clip to them both during the meeting. NME has reached out to Adidas and West for comment. A statement from Adidas reportedly read: “Adidas has always been about creativity, innovation, and supporting athletes and artists to achieve their vision.

"You guys have done wrong by the company, by the business, and by the partnership," West tells Adidas execs, as seen in his documentary, "Last Week."

[planned to "go it alone"](https://www.businessinsider.com/kanye-west-adidas-gap-yeezy-contracts-expire-go-it-alone-2022-9) after his contracts with Adidas and Gap expire. "We terminated the Gap relationship, and they knew they did wrong," the man said. After repeated efforts to privately resolve the situation, we have taken the decision to place the partnership under review. West points out a similarity between one of the actor's voices and one of the men's voices. "What you're feeling right now is extreme discomfort, and that is exactly the point," he says. "There are Yeezy-inspired derivatives that are making significant revenue because people can't tell the difference because it's so inspired," the man continues.

Kanye West Drops 30-Minute Documentary Featuring Combative New Song: 'You Don't Really Love Ye/ Go Listen to Drake, B—h'. The rambling film finds West seemingly ...

With no clear narrative through line, the doc jumps from footage of Ye getting a massage to film of him rapping the Donda 2 song “First Time in Long Time” in a car. The film, shot as if through a round, fish eye-like lens, then meanders to footage of West watching a video about high-nutrient plants and then to an odd segment in which he seemingly shares a pornographic video with a pair of Adidas executives in order to make a point about loyalty. The final segment finds West is on the sidelines for daughter North West’s basketball game, fumbling with his phone as he tries to snap a pic and then chatting with ex Kim Kardashian on the sidelines in an extended bit at the end with muted audio. While the video steers clear of tackling any of the most recent controversies, following the Drake-baiting it segues into what appears to be a meeting with a fashion industry figure in which they discuss the pros and cons of different fabrics before Ye appears to make an offer to buy the man’s company. “You don’t have no idea what it take, b—h,” he continues, encouraging fans to listen to Lil Baby or Future if they don’t like what he has to say. “You a fake b—h/ You don’t really love Ye/ Go listen to Drake, b—h,” the MC who now goes by Ye raps over a muffled beat as he mouths along while riding in a car.

The incident comes after West drew criticism for wearing a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt during Paris fashion week.

“And I said, ‘Dad, why did you think it was funny?’ He said, ‘Just a Black man stating the obvious.’” The rapper was quickly welcomed back to Twitter by Elon Musk, who confirmed his plans to buy Twitter. “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” he wrote. “All of these are antisemitic tropes that we break down in our #AntisemitismUncovered Guide at “I said, ‘I thought the shirt was a funny shirt; I thought the idea of me wearing it was funny,’” he told Carlson. “Power.

FILE - Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. West's Twitter and Instagram accounts have been locked ...

His Twitter account was locked Sunday, just a day after he returned to the platform following a nearly two-year hiatus and was welcomed back by Elon Musk. “Welcome back to Twitter, my friend,” posted Musk, who last week renewed his $44 billion offer to buy Twitter following a monthslong legal battle with the company. Twitter took action on nearly 4.3 million accounts between July and December of 2021, the latest available data from a transparency report it publishes twice a year. On Instagram, Ye posted a screenshot of a text conversation with Diddy and suggested he was controlled by Jewish people, according to media reports. Ye has alienated even ardent fans in recent years, teasing and long tinkering with albums that haven’t been met with the critical or commercial success of his earlier recordings. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE,” according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the U.S.

His comment drew a sharp rebuke from the Anti-Defamation League which called the tweet 'dangerous', 'antisemitic'.

His Twitter account was locked Sunday, just a day after he returned to the platform following a nearly two-year hiatus — and was welcomed back by Elon Musk. Twitter took action on nearly 4.3 million accounts between July and December of 2021, according to the latest available data from a transparency report it publishes twice a year. [ last week renewed his $44bn offer to buy Twitter](/news/2022/10/5/musks-twitter-deal-back-on-what-you-need-to-know) following a months-long legal battle with the company. On Instagram, Ye posted a screenshot of a text conversation with Diddy and suggested he was controlled by Jewish people, according to media reports. He called the COVID-19 vaccine “the mark of the beast”. In one post on Twitter, Ye said he would soon go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, according to internet archive records, making an apparent reference to the United States defence-readiness condition scale known as DEFCON.

Perhaps that's because they don't have a problem with it. ... American rapper and producer Kanye ...

[said in a series of tweets](https://twitter.com/AGToddRokita/status/1579214805583306753): “The constant hypocrisy from the media is at an all-time high. Which the party also did not appear to mind. So it was fully unsurprising to see conservatives [embrace and give props to](https://www.cnn.com/videos/media/2022/10/07/kanye-west-white-lives-matter-shirt-trump-fox-mxp-knowles-cprog-vpx.hln) Kanye West after he wore a “white lives matter” T-shirt at his Paris fashion show last week. [go back](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/07/donald-trump-congresswoman-racist-tweets)” to the “totally broken and crime-infested places from which they came,” a US congresswoman [speaking](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/majorie-taylor-greene-nick-fuentes-speech) at an event put on by a white nationalist, a US senator [publicly declaring](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/03/ron-johnson-blm-capitol-riot) he wasn’t afraid of the January 6 rioters but would have been worried if they were Black Lives Matter protesters, or the complete and total hysteria over children learning about [systemic racism](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2021/05/gops-critical-race-theory-fixation-explained/618828/), truly nothing unites this group of people like demonizing anyone who isn’t white. The left is dividing us, not uniting us.” Facing a wave of backlash, Rokita attempted to backpedal, writing: “My post was specifically and clearly aimed at the hypocrisy of the media and Hollywood elites, not anything to do with other comments. To date, it does not appear that any major Republicans have publicly condemned West’s comments. I have an obvious, clear and substantial Congressional and public record of being 100% supportive of the Jewish community and Israel.” The Republican Party once stood for limited government and tax cuts, but at this point, it would not be hyperbolic to say the GOP might as well be selling “Honk if you heart racism” bumper stickers and T-shirts. [welcomed](https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/1579073453168431106) West back to Twitter shortly before the “death con” tweet, in case you were wondering [what the site will be like under his ownership](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/10/elon-musk-twitter-deal-donald-trump-right-wing-hate) (Because Musk does not own Twitter yet, West has had his tweet removed and account suspended.) They have now gone after Kanye for his new fashion line, his independent thinking, & for having opposing thoughts from the norm of Hollywood. The media will steamroll anyone if they do not kowtow to their way of thinking. [accused](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11296055/Kanye-West-posts-disturbing-tweet-claiming-hes-going-def-3-JEWISH-PEOPLE.html) the fellow rapper of being controlled by Jewish people, West, who changed his name to simply “Ye” last year, [tweeted](https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/kanye-elon-trump): “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” While it was not clear if he’d meant to write “Defcon,” or actually meant “death con,” neither would be great, given the persecution that Jews have historically faced, including that one period in which more than 6 million of them were wiped off the face of the earth.