Mariah Carey's Twitter account hacked on New Year's Eve

Racist slurs and bizarre jokes were briefly tweeted to the singer's 21.4 million followers in an apparent trolling effort

Mariah Carey's Twitter account appeared to have been hacked late Tuesday afternoon, sharing numerous racist slurs and comments with the singer's 21.4 million followers on the platform.

It's unclear who's behind the hack, and the pop star did not immediately respond to a request for comment.