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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Graeme Massie

Kanye West news – live: Elon Musk tells rapper ‘FAFO’ as he is suspended from Twitter for posting swastika

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Elon Musk has had the last word against Ye’s Twitter presence after the antisemitic rapper formerly known as Kanye West was suspended the platform for posting a Nazi symbol inside the Star of David.

He shared the offensive image on Thursday night just hours after he professed “I like Hitler” while joining far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on on his InfoWars programme. He then posted a photo of a topless Musk on a yacht.

The disgraced rapper’s account was suspended for violating Twitter’s policy against inciting violence, with Musk telling his followers “I tried my best”.

Behind the scenes, the two men appeared to get into a spat over the incident, with West sharing screenshots of messages he had apparently received from Musk through Donald Trump’s social media platform Truth Social.

“Who made you the judge,” West fired at the tech billionaire.

Musk wrote back “FAFO” – short for “F*** Around and Find Out.”

The Twitter suspension and Nazi diatribe on Jones’ show comes after West was recently dumped by Adidas, GAP and Balenciaga over a string of antisemitic comments.

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