This happens when Kanye West joins twitter Code: http://twitter.com/kanyewest He's just joined 2 hours ago and he already has 30k+ followers (and it's counting of course, like 1k in 15 mins). I'm considering to be a celebrity instead of a blackhatter, this social media thing can be so much easier with absolutely no effort.
that was my very first thought as well, it either can be that twitter "reserved" it for him or they made the owner an offer he/she couldn't refuse, but i really don't have a clue
someone probably took it, but had to give it up. that's what happened to jolie, someone took her name but had to give it up. see here, http://twitter.com/AngelinaJolie
