Elon Musk welcomes Kanye West 'back to Twitter' after Instagram places a restriction on the rapper's account for violations
Tesla CEO Elon Musk welcomed Kanye West"back to Twitter" after the rapper's Instagram was placed under restriction Saturday, prompting him to switch social platforms and tweet for the first time since 2020. a photo showing him alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg with a caption that reads, in part:"Look at this Mark. How you gone kick me off Instagram.
Musk, who is currently in talks to buy Twitter, has been friends with West since at least 2011. The billionaire tech mogul hasThe two tech CEOs have butted heads in the past, after a SpaceX rocket explosion destroyed a Facebook satellite nearby. Musk is a cofounder and the CEO of SpaceX., commenting that the Facebook founder owns the majority of Meta shares, a strong-hold Musk said he would personally avoid if he bought Twitter. Both West and Musk are known for their compulsive social media habits, though on different platforms.
On Friday, West posted what he claims are screenshots of"abbreviated" texts between him and creative director of the fashion label Supreme, Tremaine Emory, discussing fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who died of cancer last year.Sign up for notifications from Insider! Stay up to date with what you want to know.
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