Zedd, a high-profile DJ and music producer, has been permanently banned from China for liking a tweet from "South Park's" official account.
On Friday, Zedd tweeted about the ban, and CNBC verified the claim with his publicist on Saturday.
"This is true, yes, but we don't have anymore info to give you at this time," Adam Guest, senior entertainment publicist at U.K.-based SATELLITE414 agency, told CNBC.
It's unclear at the moment whether this means that Zedd has a travel ban to China.
Beijing responded by heavily censoring content related to "South Park" on search engines like Baidu and other online services.
and looks to ridicule anti-vaccination supporters, or anti-vaxxers, as well as continuing its satirical take on China.
The German embassy in Beijing is yet to respond to a request for comment when contacted by CNBC. »