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Rapper Kanye West speaks during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in 2018.
Oliver Contreras/Getty Images The status of Ye’s Twitter account remains unknown after reports emerged that the artist formerly known as Kanye West regained access Friday morning after Elon Musk’s takeover of the site.
NPR has not independently confirmed whether the rapper has regained access to his account.We have reached out to Twitter for comment.
Musk has not yet commented on Ye’s account status.
Twitter locked the rapper’s account earlier this month after an antisemitic post that threated Jewish people.
Musk has shaken up Twitter’s leadership Musk bought the company Thursday night.After making Twitter a private company, Musk also fired the CEO, chief financial officer and the company’s top lawyer — signaling a new era for the social media site.
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He added that Twitter would not become a “free-for-all hellscape where anything can be said with no consequences.”
But Musk also said he wanted the platform to offer a “desired experience” based on users’ preferences, similar to the choices offered in movies and video games.
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In a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump wrote, “I am very happy that Twitter is now in sane hands, and will no longer be run by Radical Left Lunatics and Maniacs.”
Vijaya Gadde, the top Twitter lawyer fired by Musk, played a key role in deciding to ban Trump from the platform.
Ye’s comments also drew restrictions from Meta Ye’s Instagram account had also been restricted by parent-company, Meta, earlier this month.
Upon his return to the site on Thursday, Ye posted , “I lost 2 billion dollars in one day and I’m still alive.”.
