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SALT LAKE CITY — Social media platform X reinstated the account of Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, on Saturday, after it was suspended nearly eight months ago because the rapper had violated the platform's rules prohibiting incitement to violence.
Ye's account on X, the new name owner Elon Musk has given Twitter, now shows his last post from Dec. 1, the day before his account was suspended just two months after it was reinstated when one of his earlier posts appeared to show a swastika symbol inside a Star of David.
Ye also lost his partnership for Yeezy products with Adidas and Gap after going on a string of antisemitic rants in interviews and on social media.
X reinstated Ye's account after receiving reassurance that he wouldn't use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing a person familiar with the matter. The report also stated the rapper won't be eligible to monetize his account on X, and advertisements won't appear next to his posts.
The billionaire owner of X, who calls himself a free speech absolutist, welcomed the return of the rapper to the platform in October after his account was reinstated for the first time.
Musk had previously reinstated former U.S. President Donald Trump's account after conducting a poll of around 14.8 million Twitter users, with 51.8% voting in favor of the reinstatement. But Trump had said that he had no interest in returning and would stick with his new platform, Truth Social.
Ye has not posted anything new since coming back on the platform.
The social media platform did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.
