Kanye West has agreed to purchase the conservative social media platform Parler, the company announced on Monday (October 17).
“In a world where conservative opinions are considered to be controversial we have to make sure we have the right to freely express ourselves,” the Chicago rap mogul said in a statement.
Parler’s CEO George Farmer — the husband of rightwing commentator and Kanye associate Candace Owens — added: “This deal will change the world, and change the way the world thinks about free speech. Ye is making a groundbreaking move into the free speech media space and will never have to fear being removed from social media again.”
Financial terms of the deal weren’t announced, although Parler previously raised $56 million in funding from outside investors.
The platform has become a favorite among conservatives since former president Donald Trump claimed he was being unfairly silenced by Twitter and other mainstream apps.
Parler, which was initially launched in 2018, was blacklisted by major tech companies including Google and Amazon last year for its role in the January 6, 2021 riots at the Capitol building.
The move comes after Kanye West had his Twitter and Instagram accounts restricted due to a series of posts that were deemed anti-Semitic.
In a text exchange with Diddy shared online earlier this month, Ye accused Puff of being controlled by Jewish people after he spoke out against the “White Lives Matter” shirt he wore at his Yeezy Season 9 show in Paris.
He also threatened to go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE” in a since-removed tweet, adding: “The funny thing is I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also[.] You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.”
Kanye West has continued to make headlines for all the wrong reasons, with the latest controversy coming courtesy of his explosive “part three” interview with Drink Champs.
Kanye West Spouts More Wild Claims About Jews In Unaired ‘Fox News’ Interview Clips
At one point during the three-and-a-half-hour conversation, Yeezy suggested that fentanyl was the cause of George Floyd’s death, rather than disgraced Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck.
“I watched the George Floyd documentary that Candace Owens put up. One of the things that his two roommates said was, ‘They want a tall guy like me.’ And the day when he died, he said a prayer for eight minutes… They hit him with the fentanyl,” Ye said.
“If you look, the guy’s knee wasn’t even on his neck like that,” he added, referencing the viral video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd. “When he said ‘Mama,’ Mama is his girlfriend. They said he screamed for his ‘Mama’; Mama was his girlfriend — it’s in the documentary.”
With all of his flagrant comments and antics in recent weeks, even his friend and former president Donald Trump believes Kanye West is acting “crazy” and should seek “professional help,” according to Rolling Stone.
Funny…seems to me like Candace Owens just gamed Kanye’s stupid ass into buying her husbands failed social media site so they could make money. This isn’t game changing nor does it have anything to do with free speech. Kanye is a whole idiot
Parler wasn’t founded or owned by Candace Owen’s husband. Idk where you heard that. It’s owned and found by John Matze and Jared Thomson. Cadences husband is George Farmer. If you’re gonna talk shit, at least have your facts straight and not some complete BS.
He’s the CEO it’s in the article
Parler definitely has to do with free speech to some extent, when it’s main focus is allowing those who have been deplatformed from virtually every mainstream social media to have accounts and speak freely on said platform. It might just be a total gimmick if mass censorship was as widespread as it is. Anyone who denies the existence of mass censorship isn’t worth arguing with.
It really is interesting how the mentally-ill gravitate toward the conservative mindset.
It’s because the mentally-ill can be easy to influence/manipulate if they are ill to an extreme degree. As someone who used to have, while not as bad as Ye’s, could be told the sky was yellow and I would believe them. Doesn’t excuse his actions, but still felt as if it was important to the context of your statement.
I could be* My grammar might be just as bipolar as ye tho
Conservatives aren’t confused about their sex, or are trying to trans the kids. Try again.
Got it Q!
There are actually noted correlations between extreme left wing ideology and mental illness. When you meet someone who is on all types of anxiety/depression pills, 99 times out of 100 they hate Trump and buy into SJW woke culture. Communist subreddits are full of people talking about how often they need therapy.
if you weren’t 400 pounds and stuck in your momma basement you wouldn’t be up on everything everybody in every sub reddit
Trying to relate conservatism to mental illness is quite ridiculous considering all the videos of leftists screaming and kicking on the floor with their arms flailing, along with the party claiming a woman is anyone who says “I am a woman”. A man with a dick, facial hair, a long haired wig and makeup on is a “woman”. Men and women aren’t biological to them anymore. They believe it’s GOOD to give prepubescent children puberty blockers, which cause much detriment to the people long term. That is mental illness.
ye seen that twitter out to destroy the culture with jim crow rappers claim woke for their white allies. owning a social media platform could never be bad probably only cost 2-3 million anyway which is chump change for ye now he can keep ms owens under his watch
Probably not the greatest business deal. Theres too many of those sites. Besides Parler, theres Gab, Mike Lindell’s Frank Speech, and Trump’s own Truth Social. Plus Elon will definitely be bringing Trump back to Twitter cuz he wont be able to resist. Maybe Kanye is just making a power move. He might use it to promote an album or a tour and then dump it.
look who it is mr knows every fucking thing except how to get out of momma basement STFU
Fuck you. All you seem to know is corny “mamas basement” jokes. Thats shits corny bro. Everybody got smart phones bro. I jump online where I want and when I want fool. You just mad when you see someone got more free time then you. Break is over, flip them burgers fool…
takes you12 hours to tell me to flip burgers? idiot
Gab is tantamount to right-wing MySpace. I mean, buddy just bought MySpace in 2022. OK…
Parler is known for supressing any discussion about small hats; i hope Kanye fixes that.
Lmao, the idea that any of these fly-by-night social media apps will ever reach the level of Twitter, or that people leave Twitter just to hear from Kanye is so hilarious. Maybe just stop saying stupid shit?
Have a mental problem = go to social media. Yep, sums up society right now.
This site is a psy op most comments are by Russian bots lol
Swap russian with American CIA and you might be onto something… you really think Russia would be hiring people to comment on hiphop site comments lol?
So this going to be Parler aka ConYe West’s Dear Diary (a lunatic thinking out loud edition), this is going to be fukin hilarious! Watch him fumble and accidently call out the crips. They might just do us all a favor.
Democrats just foaming at the puss in anger over free speech.
I love big fat BBC’s hit me up boys this bussy fire.
I’ll have a threesome with you and your mom and watch you enjoy it. You easy. Keep using my name.
guess this genius never heard of mastadon coulda saved hisself millions
You mean one of those platforms where 90% on there just talk shit about each other every hour daily in the most hateful type of ways? By all means, enjoy it. That’s definitely gonna improve anyone’s mental state. No skin off my back.
They don’t call FB or YouTube “leftist social media”, even though their owners and CEOs are openly far left. What gives?
But they do, left wing platform call Right wing platform Conservative platforms. And right wing platforms call left wing platform Liberal platforms. You jus so happen to complain about liberals in left wing platforms, and don’t support conservative platforms.
So this is where he put his 160 Mill that Chase didn’t want?
Parler is a bastion for far right racist extremists views. I have to shake my head to think that Kanye thinks he has to be as extreme as people who are the greatest oppressors who don’t just spout hatred, but are responsible for the actions of the most wicked deeds. Kanye is a sell out. He is being used against his own people. No good will ever come out of this, watch!