- Ye, the rapper previously referred to as Kanye West, created his personal Twitch account early Friday. “Yeezy_Stream” was taken down simply seven minutes after going stay after the rapper nearly instantly launched right into a tirade towards Jewish and LGBTQ+ folks.
Regardless of recurrently showing in streams with, and alongside, well-known Twitch streamers like Kai Cenat, Adin Ross, and Amouranth, it seems like Ye’s personal Twitch profession shall be short-lived. After creating his personal Twitch account on Friday, the rapper previously referred to as Kanye West acquired banned by the platform for sharing hateful rhetoric.
Based on The Day by day Beast, Ye nearly instantly launched right into a tirade about Jewish folks and the LGBTQ+ neighborhood throughout his inaugural Twitch stream, utilizing slurs and throwing up a Nazi salute whereas saying “Heil Hitler.”
Ye additionally notably claimed Elon Musk gave him “free passes” to publish his unfiltered ideas, together with a collection of disparaging posts about his ex-wife Kim Kardashian, on X.
In nearly seven minutes, Ye’s stream was changed by a message from Twitch that stated, “This channel is temporarily unavailable due to a violation of Twitch’s Community Guidelines or Terms of Service.”
Based on Dexterto, Ye amassed about 3,000 followers and over 1,000 viewers throughout his minutes-long stream.
Twitch didn’t instantly reply to Fortune‘s request for remark.
It is unclear how lengthy the ban will final, however Ye has a historical past of getting banned from social networks for his speech and rhetoric. Ye, who’s value roughly $2.7 billion as of 2025 because of his lengthy profitable profession in music, was banned from Twitter (now X) in October 2022 for saying he would go “death con 3 on Jewish people.” He was additionally suspended simply two months later for tweeting a picture that mixed the Star of David with a swastika. In a current sitdown with DJ Akademiks this month, Ye confirmed as much as the interview carrying an all-black KKK-inspired hood and outfit.
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