Kanye West Twitter Ban: A Timeline of the Rapper's Downfall

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Kanye West has never been afraid to upset people, but his recent tirades against Jews have been too for anyone.

At the start of October, he was a music artist and billionaire businessman, and had done deals with some of the biggest brands of the world.

< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Fast forward only two months, and most of them no longer apply.

And it all started with a T-shirt.

Paris Fashion Week - October 3, 2022

At his Yeezy SZN 9 show, Kanye, now officially known as Ye, wears a t-shirt with a White Lives Matter slogan.

Anti-racism activists call it hate speech mocking the Black Lives Matter movement.

A photo of Kanye posing with conservative commentator Candace Owens, wearing a matching top, is going viral.

It's not going well, and fans and other hip-hop stars are lining up to call it out.

Instagram lock - October 7< p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph eq5iqo00">Kanye immediately gets involved with rapper Diddy, who posts a video criticizing White Lives Matter shirts.