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Musk, who calls himself a free speech
absolutist, had welcomed the return of the rapper, now known as
Ye, to the platform in October.
"I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule
against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended," Musk
tweeted late on Thursday.
West's account was suspended within an hour of Musk's post, made
in a reply to a Twitter user who had said "Elon Fix Kanye
Please". Twitter did not immediately respond to a request for
comment.
Before suspending Ye's account, which had over 30 million
followers, Twitter had restricted one of his tweets. Reuters
could not independently verify the contents of the post.
The social media platform restored the rapper's account before
the completion of its $44 billion takeover by Musk. Musk later
clarified that he had had no role in bringing Ye back on
Twitter.
Ye on Thursday tweeted a photo of Hollywood mogul Ari Emanuel
spraying water at the back of Musk's head with a hose. He
captioned the picture "Let's always remember this as my final
tweet #ye24", before the account was suspended.
Musk responded that Ye's account was suspended for incitement to
violence, and not for posting "an unflattering pic of me being
hosed by Ari".
In November, Twitter reinstated some controversial accounts that
had been banned or suspended, including satirical website
Babylon Bee and comedian Kathy Griffin.
Musk also decided to reinstate former U.S. President Donald
Trump's account after a majority of Twitter users voted in favor
in a poll to bring back Trump.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by Tom
Hogue, Kim Coghill and Jan Harvey)
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