X deactivates Kanye West’s account for sharing anti-Semitic comments

The X (formerly Twitter) account of American rapper, Kanye West, has been deactivated for sharing anti-Semitic and racist comments on his page.

In his recent X posts, Kanye West made disparaging statements about Jews, including X owner Elon Musk.

He also made comments on Nazis and Hitler.

He tweeted more than 20 times last Friday, including things like, “I’m never apologizing for my Jewish comments.”

The singer said: “Whatever the f*** I want to say, I can say it forever. “

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With a laughing emoji, he added: “Jewish people don’t run me no more and I don’t trust any of my best friends who are Jewish.”

Kanye West also aimed a jibe at popular pop and country singer Taylor Swift during the Super Bowl on Sunday night, thus sparking more anti-Semitic sentiments.

‘‘IF it’s 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?,” he posted.

Elon Musk confirmed that the public would not be seeing Kanye West’s account anymore.

”Given what he has posted, his account is now classified as NSFW. You should not be seeing that anymore’,” the billionaire stated.

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