After a recent flurry of surprisingly conservative tweets and social posts, Kanye “Ye” West has sealed a deal with Parlement Technologies to buy Parler, a right-wing copycat of Twitter that was started to “fight against Big Tech, Big Government, censorship and cancel culture.”
West’s move to acquire Parler comes after Twitter and Instagram restricted the music artist and entrepreneur’s accounts earlier this month because he posted anti-Semitic comments.
During an appearance on the “Drink Champs” podcast Sunday, the rapper-turned-fashion-designer reflected on his viewing of the documentary “The Greatest Lie Ever Sold: George Floyd and the Rise of BLM” and claimed that George Floyd’s death was a result of his use of fentanyl, not Derek Chauvin’s knee on his neck.
Terms of West’s proposed deal for Parler were not disclosed. In a statement, West and Parlement said, “Ye has become the richest Black man in history through music and apparel and is taking a bold stance against his recent censorship from Big Tech, using his far-reaching talents to further lead the fight to create a truly non-cancelable environment.”
