*Talib Kweli has been permanently banned from Twitter following “repeated violations,” a spokesperson for the social media site confirmed.
The Brooklyn rapper was suspended after allegedly launching a harassment campaign against 24-year-old activist Maya A. Moody.
His beef with her began a month ago, after a Twitter user posted a list of rappers who are married to Black women. Kweli was on the list. Moody responded by noting: “Literally almost all of them are married to lightskinned women but that’s a conversation for another day.”
And with that… Talib popped off.
“Nah let’s have this convo today,” he tweeted. “Are we talking all of my relationships? My children’s mother as well? Or are you only talking about who you think I’m currently in a relationship right now? I mean, is any of this really any of your business?”
As reported by Complex, he would continue to harass Moody over the next several weeks, insisting he would only stop when she apologized or deleted her Twitter. He also targeted her on Instagram and made her the topic of an hour-long IG Live.
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“…Talib Kweli has been on a week-long harassment spree directed at me via Twitter and Instagram, which has led to his followers threatening to murder my family and I for [my] tweet,” Moody wrote in a statement. “I have also been threatened with human trafficking, and [his followers] have been posting pictures of my parents online, who are ALL federal employees, along with their full names, where we live, and my stepmother’s old job and salary. […] a paid employee of Kweli… provides [him] with the usernames of those he wants targeted and harassed … I am not the first or only victim of this behavior from Talib Kweli. He has harassed whoever has come to my aid, and his bots have attempted to leak IP addresses, stalk and harass other people’s families.”
Talib claims she is lying.
“Maya Moody is a liar. I’ve never cyber harassed anyone in my life,” he wrote in an email to Jezebel. “I responded, on Twitter, to the lies that Maya posted about me. When you respond to someone who posts lies about you, that is not harassment.”
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for Twitter said Talib has been kicked off the platform for repeatedly violating the rules.
Twitter “[Talib Kweli’s] account has been permanently suspended after repeated violations of the Twitter rules,” the Twitter spokesperson told Jezebel. “Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely.”
Talib is now charging people to access his Patreon, where they can listen to exclusive music.
In a message posted to fans on IG, the hip-hop star claims he quit Twitter and that he’s moving on “for greener pastures.”
“It’s official. I have officially left @twitter for the greener pastures of @patreon which is membership fee based,” he wrote. Check out his full post above.
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