Kanye West has made his return to Instagram eight months after he deactivated his account.
The rapper reactivated his IG profile within the early hours of Sunday (December 17). As of this writing, there are not any posts and Ye is simply following one individual — Justin Laboy — in comparison with his practically 19 million followers.
It’s been speculated that Kanye West reactivated his account on the photo-sharing platform to advertise his upcoming joint album with Ty Dolla $ign.
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Kanye West reactivates Instagram account 8 months after leaving the platform https://t.co/3Yh0bOWXIApic.twitter.com/niKuP5ZD9c
— HipHopDX (@HipHopDX) December 17, 2023
Again in April, Ye determined to step away from one in every of his social media channels, deactivating his Instagram with out a lot of a proof as to why.
On April 18, he posted a photograph to Instagram exhibiting the shape one has to fill out to cancel an account on the platform. Yeezy gave the impression to be one click on away from quickly deactivating his account.
Minutes later, he adopted by means of along with his departure, with the hyperlink to Kanye’s IG exhibiting as damaged.
He beforehand deactivated his IG in October 2018 after which once more in September 2020 in response to the backlash to his Saturday Evening Stay efficiency and assist for Donald Trump, demonstrated by the controversial rapper donning a purple MAGA hat.
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Extra just lately, Kanye was suspended by Instagram following his antisemitic remarks in October 2022 after which suspended from Twitter by his buddy Elon Musk in December 2022 after posting a picture that included a Swastika.
On the time, the Chicago-bred rapper appeared to need to lay low and spend time along with his spouse, Bianca Censori, as he’s reportedly shut down plans for a 2024 presidential run, in response to The Each day Beast.
“After as soon as working collectively to elect West — or no less than get him extra consideration by means of media appearances on fringe shops like InfoWars — West marketing campaign staffers like Fuentes, Jan. 6 rally organizer Ali Alexander, and British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos have turned on each other,” the outlet wrote.
This infighting has reportedly turned the DONDA rapper off from taking the marketing campaign additional, with documentary filmmakers and advisers alike delay from the thought altogether — and West is okay with that, too.
“Proper now, I’m residing my life — like I’m concentrating on the college, The Donda Academy, and my new spouse, and my children, and that’s it,” West instructed documentary filmmaker Adam Camacho, who was employed to doc the presidential marketing campaign. “I simply need to be left alone.”
