Kanye West Twitter ban: A timeline of the rapper’s downfall

Kanye West has by no means been afraid to upset individuals, however his current tirades in opposition to Jewish individuals have been an excessive amount of for a lot of.

In the beginning of October, he was a billionaire music artist and businessman, and had offers with among the world’s greatest manufacturers.

Quick-forward simply two months, and most of these now not apply.

And it began with a T-shirt.

At his Yeezy SZN 9 present, Kanye, now formally generally known as Ye, wears a t-shirt with a White Lives Matter slogan.

Anti-racism campaigners name it out as hate speech mocking the Black Lives Matter motion.

An image of Kanye posing with conservative commentator Candace Owens, sporting an identical prime, goes viral.

It would not go down properly, and followers and fellow hip-hop stars line as much as name him out.

Kanye will get concerned in a row with rapper Diddy, who posts a video criticising the White Lives Matter shirts.

In an Instagram publish, Kanye seems to counsel Diddy is being managed by Jews. Ye is criticised for antisemitism, and his account is suspended.

Adidas says it is reviewing its cope with Kanye.

Kanye – who hasn’t posted on Twitter for nearly two years – returns to the chook and takes purpose at Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Fb and Instagram.

He then posts a tweet which seems to be a menace directed at Jewish individuals.

Twitter follows Instagram’s lead and kicks him off.

Web site Vice obtains unaired footage from an interview with Fox Information anchor Tucker Carlson.

It says these unused clips contain the rapper making varied antisemitic claims and repeating myths about Jewish individuals.

An episode of YouTube speak present The Store: Uninterrupted starring Kanye is pulled over ‘extra hate speech’ as a consequence of his alleged use of hate speech.

Kanye was identified with bipolar dysfunction years in the past and has publicly spoken about his challenges together with his psychological well being.

However on the time of this interview being pulled, individuals who share his situation advised the BBC that psychological well being issues don’t go hand-in-hand with antisemitism.

A foul week for Kanye as main corporations start to announce they now not wish to work with him.

Vogue home Balenciaga and expertise scouts Artistic Artists Company comply with JP Morgan financial institution and clothes store Hole in ditching the artist.

Adidas comes beneath growing strain to do the identical.

Adidas declares it is parting methods with Kanye.

Reducing the partnership means Adidas will make a internet lack of £217m in 2022.

But it surely’s an even bigger loss for Kanye, who’s estimated to make $1.5bn from his contract with the sportswear large.

US cash journal Forbes says he’s now not a billionaire and places his new internet value at $400m.

American shoe firm Skechers says Kanye turned up at its headquarters “unannounced and uninvited” and needed to be eliminated.

It says it has no plans to work with him and condemns his earlier feedback.

US journal Rolling Stone publishes a prolonged article claiming West engaged in “poisonous” behaviour in opposition to staff at Adidas.

It declines to remark for the characteristic however two days later declares it is launched an investigation into the claims.

Kanye declares he plans to run for US president in 2024.

Earlier than this, studies flow into of him eating at Donald Trump’s Mar-A-Lago golf membership in Florida with far-right political commentator Nick Fuentes.

Kanye seems on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s Infowars.

He wears a face overlaying by means of the entire interview, praises Nazi chief Adolf Hitler and rants about sin, pornography and the satan.

Hours after the published, he is suspended from Twitter once more for “violating our rule in opposition to incitement to violence”.

Kanye’s identified for being unpredictable, so it is unlikely to be the top of the saga.

His music stays widespread, and followers have been seeing him of their annual Spotify Wrapped and Apple Replay round-ups.

However there are studies of some customers demanding streaming giants take away his music.

Followers have beforehand advised Newsbeat they may think about skipping his tracks – so time will inform if he’ll nonetheless be in our prime tracks subsequent yr.

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