Kanye West didn’t let the Super Bowl stop him from posting on Sunday, as he took a jab at longtime rival Taylor Swift, made more anti-Semitic remarks, and eventually deactivated his account.
The 47-year-old rapper insisted he is "in a good space" mentally and claimed that expressing his controversial views—which were widely condemned as racist, sexist, tone-deaf, misogynistic, and ignorant—has given him a sense of relief.
"It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board," West said in his final tweet.
Referring to Swift, West tweeted, "IF ITS ABOUT THE CULTURE ... WHY ARE WE LETTING TAYLOR SWIFT BE SEEN ON TV SINGING A SONG ABOUT TAKING A BLACK MAN DOWN AND ACCUSING OF THINGS THAT CAN TAKE A BLACK MAN DOWN FOR LIFE."
West appeared to be referencing Swift's reaction at the Grammys last week, where she was seen dancing to Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track Not Like Us.
Lamar was also targeted in West’s rant, as he tweeted, "KENDRICK IS BEING USED BY THESE WHITE PEOPLE AND JEWS AND SO AM I."
West’s latest mention of Swift comes after nearly 15 years of tension between them, stemming from their infamous moment at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, held on September 13 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
During the incident, West interrupted Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video for You Belong With Me, which was nominated alongside Beyoncé’s Single Ladies.
West took the microphone from Swift and declared, "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'mma let you finish. But Beyonce had one of the best videos of all-time! One of the best videos of all-time."
Although their relationship seemed to improve over the years, tensions reignited following the release of West’s 2016 song Famous.
At the time, West claimed Swift had approved the lyric in which he referred to her as a "B****," referencing their VMAs clash.
Swift denied ever agreeing to it, which led to a public fallout after West and his then-wife, Kim Kardashian, released a recorded phone call in July 2016, in which West and Swift discussed the Famous lyrics.
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