X formerly Twitter Reinstated Kanye West’s Twitter Account After 8-Month Suspension

Ye attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2020.Rich Fury/VF20 / Getty Images for Vanity Fair file

Ye, Kanye West’s Twitter account has been reinstated after an almost eight-month suspension for violating the platform’s policy against inciting violence. The US rapper, who has legally changed his name to Ye, posted a series of erratic tweets at the end of last year, one of which appeared to show a symbol combining a swastika and a Jewish star. Elon Musk previously suspended the rapper, 46, from Twitter in December 2022 after West posted an image of a swastika inside a Star of David. West made a series of final tweets before being removed from the platform on Dec. 2 2022. His tweets also included claims that his ex-wife and the Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul were having an affair — though sources close to Kardashian and Paul denied the claim to PEOPLE at the time, saying West’s statement was “not true” — and comments about cancel culture. The rapper, known as Ye, hasn’t yet made a post since his account was restored.