Instagram reinstates account of Tom Hanks' rapper son after 'n-word' flap

Instagram reinstates account of Tom Hanks' rapper sonafter 'n-word' flap

Actress Rita Wilson and son Chester Hanks (R) arrive for the premiere of the film "Extremely Loudand Incredibly Close" in New York, December 15, 2011. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri (UNITED STATES -Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) - RTR2VAYE

LOS ANGELES - Instagram apologized for deactivating the account of Tam Hanks' son Chester"Chez" Hanks after the wannabe rapper repeatedly used the "n-word' in his posts.

"When reviewing reports from the Instagram community, we do not always get it right and wewrongly removed this account," a rep for the social media company told FOX411. "As soon as wewere made aware, we reactivated the account and restored the content."

The Northwestern graduate and aspiring rap musician ignited has ignited a storm of controversy forhis frequent use of the "n-word" on social media, followed by a post on Instagram Tuesday night inwhich he defended his use of the term as his right to "free speech."

"I don't accept society getting to decide what ANYBODY can or can't say. That's something we callFREE SPEECH. Now I understand the older generation who grew up in the Jim Crow era might havestrong feelings against this," Chez wrote, in reference to the name frequently used to characterizethe segregation laws, rules, and customs which originated after Reconstruction ended in 1877 andensued through to the mid-1960s."But what I'm saying is this is 2015... And even tho we are still farfrom where we need to be and black people are still being literally KILLED by a RACIST and f**kedup system... We have reached the point where the word can no longer have a negative connotation ifwe so chose."

"It's a word that unifies the culture of HIP-HOP across ALL RACES, which is actually kind of abeautiful thing," he claimed.

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Hanks' Instagram account was removed early Wednesday. According to their Terms of Use they"may, but have no obligation to, remove Content and accounts containing Content that we determinein our sole discretion are unlawful, offensive, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene orotherwise objectionable or violates any party's intellectual property."

Ronn Torossian, CEO of 5WPR, Chet Hanks says Hanks of course has the right to use any offensivewords because of the First Amendment, but "having the right to say something does not mean it isright to say it."

Steve Baltin, a popular culture and music expert for Rolling Stone, told FOX411 that Chez's line ofargument doesn't necessarily speak of "white privilege" as many critics are saying, "as much as justpoor decision making and foolish youth."

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