Why Elon Musk has deleted Kanye West’s X account after allowing him to ‘vent’

Kanye West, before exiting X, spent a good three days writing vulgar and offensive hate speech on X. Reuters

Billionaire Elon Musk has removed the X (formerly Twitter) handle of American rapper Kanye West, also known as Ye.

While X was a platform for his unfiltered thoughts, the rapper has received widespread criticism for a series of controversial statements, including anti-Semitic, misogynistic, and racist remarks.

The development comes just a week after he and his wife, Bianca Censori, caused a stir when she wore a seemingly transparent outfit.

On Sunday, Elon Musk revealed that Kanye West’s X account had been “classified as NSFW,” which means “Not Safe For Work.”

Within hours, his account was deactivated entirely.

“You should not be seeing that anymore,” the billionaire responded to a user who said he wanted to see West banned from the platform.

West’s final post on the microblogging platform featured him thanking Musk for granting him access to his account in 2023 after a string of bans.

“Elon stopped following me, so I don’t know how much longer I’ll be on Twitter/X. If I’m deleted, go to,” he posted on his X account, putting the link to his official merchandise page.

“I’m logging out of Twitter. I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board. It was like an Ayahuasca trip. Love all of you who gave me the energy and attention. To we connect again. Good afternoon and goodnight,” the 47-year-old said in his final post.

Notably, this isn’t the first time West’s X account has been suspended.

The account was suspended in December 2022 due to his antisemitic comments and praise for Hitler. He had posted an image that appeared to show a swastika inside a Star of David.

In October 2022, West’s account was restricted due to same reasons. While he returned to the platform next month, his ties with Adidas were severed.

Controversial statements

Kanye West, before exiting X, spent a good three days writing vulgar and offensive hate speech on X.

On Sunday, he stated he was mentally “in a good space” and that he felt at ease after venting out his frustrations on X. Celebrities and netizens have denounced the statements as racist, sexist, and misogynistic.

During the night’s Super Bowl, the rapper targeted his long-standing nemesis Taylor Swift, and wrote, “If its 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 was referring to the popstar dancing to Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss song Not Like Us during Grammy Awards.

He added, “Kendrick is being used by these White people and Jews and so am I.”

In another instance, when someone pointed out Musk unfollowing West on X, he responded, “Since I’m getting kicked off Twitter soon. Everybody is a Nazi till a real Nazi pulls up.”

In fact, from “I love Hitler” to “I’m a Nazi,” many of his posts recently were focused on the Jewish community. He even criticised overweight women and begged US President Donald Trump to free Sean “Diddy” Combs from jail. Combs was accused of sexual assault by more than 150 people.

Adding to the trouble, the rapper also claimed that the Tesla owner was undermining his social media presence by reducing the number of views he was receiving.

“My Twitter reach has been limited so I am not allowed to trend doing Super Bowl. I am setting up a discord chanel on my website… Welcome to America,” he wrote.

Celebrities like David Schwimmer and Piers Morgan, and the Campaign Against Antisemitism, had called for West’s account to be suspended.

Schwimmer, who is Jewish, urged Musk to remove the rapper because of his “hate-filled, ignorant bile.”

‘Deactivated X account for the time being’

According to The Hollywood Reporter, West’s talent management firm has said the rapper would be taking a break from social media.

Milo Yiannopoulos, the owner of Tarantula, which also represents Bianca Censori, said on Sunday, “Ye has deactivated his X account for the time being.”

Grammys controversy

West’s outbursts started when he attended the Grammy Awards last week with his wife, Bianca Censori.

He requested that his wife take off her black coat so that photographers could view her see-through dress.

Much attention was drawn to Censori’s bold attire.

West even went on to say that the impact of his wife’s presence was so great that her Google search numbers exceeded those of the Grammy Awards.