"I lost 2 billion dollars in one day": Kanye West returns to Instagram as businesses continue to cut ties over his antisemitic comments
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Ye returned to Instagram early Thursday morning for the first time since he made antisemitic posts that ignited a wave of backlash. The posts were made hours after the rapper, formerly known as Kanye West, was escorted out of the Skechers headquarters and amid several businesses severing their ties with the artist.
In his first post, Ye made a joking repost of a fake article titled "Ye has reportedly cut ties with Kanye West." The second post was directed at Ari Emmanuel, the CEO of entertainment and media agency Endeavor. The CEO had penned an op-ed in the Financial Times following Ye's antisemitic remarks, saying that "those who continue to do business with West are giving his misguided hate an audience."
Ye had tweeted, "I'm going death con 3 on Jewish people," after posting a text exchange with Sean "Diddy" Combs on Instagram suggesting that Combs didn't support Ye's recent actions because he was being controlled by Jewish people. Both posts have been deleted.
