By Cynthia Akande
New Twitter CEO Elon Musk has kicked rapper, Kanye West off Twitter on Friday, after the rapper posted a picture that appeared to show a swastika interlaced with a Star of David.
The rapper had posted an image of a swastika, a symbol synonymous with the Nazis, inside a Star of David, a prominent symbol of Judaism.
Ye’s Twitter account was suspended again for violating the social media platform’s rules on “incitement to violence,” CEO Elon Musk said.
Musk said he “tried his best” in response to Ye’s tweet, which can no longer be viewed. “Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”
According to US media outlet, CNBC, Ye’s tweet came after he made antisemetic comments in an interview with the controversial radio host Alex Jones Thursday. Ye referred to “the Jewish media” and said he saw “good things about Hitler” in an hour-long conversation with the conspiracy theorist.
Recall in October, Twitter locked Ye’s account for an unspecified amount of time following a string of antisemitic remarks which escalated into threatening and hateful comments about Jewish people. He returned to Twitter in November.
