The world's wealthiest person, Elon Musk, has blocked an artist on the X platform who drew a portrait of him. The artist, @djcows, had created a pencil drawing of Musk with a slightly exaggerated, caricature-like depiction of his face. After the drawing was posted on X, it gained over 11 million views in a short time and went massively viral. But shortly after posting, Elon Musk blocked the artist's account — and @djcows shared a screenshot of the block. The incident sparked a wave of criticism on social media. Many users pointed out the hypocrisy: Musk has loudly proclaimed himself a champion of free speech, yet blocking an ordinary artist over a simple portrait directly contradicts that stated position. Others joked that Musk must have been irritated because the caricature, while resembling him, was a bit too unflattering. Ref: Binance