Rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye, was suspended this Sunday from Instagram for the next 30 days after posting a photo of a virtual conversation in which he was referring “disparagingly” to Jewish businessmen, a spokesman for Meta confirmed to the US press on Monday. announced this suspension a day earlier through his Parler account, the conservative social network that he intends to acquire.
The publication that the artist was trying to upload to Instagram revealed an exchange of text messages with Russell Simmons, co-founder of the record company Def Jam Recordings, in which he urged West to “rebuild the business” and obtained in response a statement considered anti-Semitic for Meta, the company that owns Instagram.
“I have to get what and Jewish businessmen make fair contracts or die trying”, he assured in this post that it represents a new cancellation for the rapper just 4 days after being readmitted after another veto of this social network for the same reason.
After this, West also lavished on his Parler profile expressing his discontent with Instagram: “I got kicked out for 30 days for telling Russel Simmons that I was going to make ‘you know who’ better contracts and business practices. Jesus is the king.”
Likewise, he also published the screenshot of the notification he received at the time of being banned, which read: “We restrict certain activity to protect our community. Based on your usage, this action will not be available to you until November 29 2022.“
A spokesperson for the Meta company confirmed to the US press that the company removed the content from Ye’s account and terminated it during a month for “repeatedly violating policies”, so you won’t be allowed to post, comment or send direct messages until the ban expires.
In early October, Instagram already removed content from the account Ye and, like Twitter, temporarily restricted it.
The well-known artist’s career has been undermined in recent weeks by his controversial comments on social media, even damaging his business deals with important brands.
And it is that, Among other recent controversies, German sporting goods maker Adidas ended its cooperation with Kanye West last week after various statements. “unacceptable and anti-Semitic” comments by the rapper.