- Kanye West is back on Twitter, posting "Shalom" two weeks after vowing to be on a 30-day "verbal fast."
- The rapper was mired in intense controversy last month after a series of anti-Semitic rants.
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, cut short his self-imposed vow of silence on Sunday, $4 six weeks after a series of anti-Semitic rants which resulted in multiple major brands cutting ties with the rapper.
"Shalom :)," he wrote on Twitter.
—ye (@kanyewest) $4
"Testing Testing Seeing if my Twitter is unblocked," he had $4 earlier.
New Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who recently courted controversy for his chaotic takeover of the social platform, $4: "Don't kill what ye hate. Save what ye love."
—Elon Musk (@elonmusk) $4
Ye's recent tweets come after he $4 to take a 30-day "cleanse" and "verbal fast" on November 4, saying he would abstain from alcohol, adult films, and sexual intercourse following his infamous tirade of anti-Semitic comments.
"I'm not talking to nooobody for a month," he $4. He proceeded to tweet 13 more times before going silent on Twitter for the next two weeks.
The controversy around Ye's comments intensified in early October when he $4 that he was "going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" and "I can't be anti-Semitic because black people are actually Jew also." The tweets were later removed by Twitter.
He also posted an $4 between him and Sean Combs, the rapper known as Diddy, to his Instagram account. In the exchange, he alleged that Combs was being controlled by Jewish people.
In response to Ye's posts, Twitter restricted$4 on October 10 for violating the platform's policies. $4 removed Ye's post about Combs due to its user agreement policy.
The rapper's rants were $4 by Jewish rights groups, the Anti-Defamation League, and a slew of celebrities, who urged major companies to sever ties with the rapper.
Amid the growing backlash, brands such as Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga dropped their business relationships with Ye. He said he lost $4 due to the fallout from his comments.