Rapper and producer Kanye West announced his candidacy for the US presidential election in November next Saturday. “ We must now fulfill America's promise by trusting in God, unifying our visions and building our future. I am running for president of the United States! # 2020VISION ”tweeted Kanye West.
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The 43-year-old billionaire entrepreneur, who calls in one of his songs to " aim for the stars, and like that if you fail you land on a cloud " (" reach for the stars so if you fall you land on a cloud ") did not provide further details.
The husband of reality star Kim Kardashian has been making the headlines for the past few years for his psychiatric problems, his controversial remarks on slavery and for his support for Donald Trump, who is very unpopular in the rap world.
Kanye West also met the Republican President alone in the Oval Office in 2018. Before confiding, the following year during an interview, that his support for Trump was in fact a strategy to pay the head Democrats and pave the way for his own race to the White House. " The time will come when I will be president of the United States, " he prophesied in an interview with Zane Lowe of the Beats 1 Show program from Apple Music.
In late June, Kanye West released a new song with strong biblical overtones, Wash Us In the Blood , along with a clip featuring footage of recent anti-racism protests that rocked the United States.