Ye returns to Twitter with 'Shalom' post after previous restriction for antisemitic remarks - CNBC

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Ye, the rapper formerly known arsenic Kanye West, has returned to Twitter aft a much than 2 week break. Ye antecedently had his relationship locked aft making a bid of anti-Semitic remarks.

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Kanye West, the rapper who present goes by the sanction Ye, posted his archetypal tweets aft a much than two-week silence.

On Sunday, helium tweeted to cheque if his relationship was working.

Ye followed that up with "Shalom," a greeting successful Hebrew.

The tweets people the instrumentality of different arguable fig to Twitter pursuing the company's acquisition by Elon Musk. The billionaire enforcement said connected Saturday that helium volition reinstate the relationship of erstwhile President Donald Trump.

Unlike Trump, Ye ne'er received an outright prohibition from Twitter. Instead, the institution locked his relationship connected Oct. 10 for an unspecified magnitude of time, aft the rapper posted a fig of antisemitic remarks which escalated into threatening and hateful comments astir Jewish people.

Ye did not tweet aft Oct. 9 until Nov. 3. It is unclear erstwhile Twitter unlocked his account.

Musk said successful precocious October that helium was not down Ye's relationship being restored.

On Sunday, Musk responded to Ye's Twitter comeback.

In effect to his lockout connected Twitter past month, Ye agreed to buy the blimpish societal media level Parler.

Ye's antisemitic outbursts person led to large commercialized partners cutting deals with the rapper.

Adidas ended its concern with Ye past period while Gap and Foot Locker said they'd region products from the rapper's Yeezy marque from their stores.

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