1. He supported Donald Trump after his election
The image made a big splash in 2018: Kanye West showing up on social media with a cap marked "Make America Great Again". Support as unusual as it is unexpected. To thank him, Donald Trump will even invite the rapper to the oval office, in front of a cloud of cameras and photographers. Highly criticized within the black community, Kanye West repeats while he wants to get out of a "normative system"who he says still puts African-Americans on the side of the Democratic Party.
2. He does not claim any political edge
If the political lines tend to move in the United States with in particular the emergence of the progressive left wing of the Democratic Party, Kanye West does not claim any camp. If he was never complacent with Barack Obama, Kanye West claims in September 2018 on the American radio WPWX to be "neither left nor right"."I have love for Bernie (Sanders), for Trump … For all sidesKim Kardashian's husband boasts of being a unifier both capable of praising Donald Trump's economic measures, and of defending laws defended by the Democratic camp, such as that on the use of fire arms.
3. Kanye West says he is carried by a mystical revelation
For almost a year and the release of his latest album, Jesus is king, Kanye West connects mystical references like a divine messenger. At the end of 2019, he announced his conversion to Christianity, and admitted having a mission through his music of "spread the gospel". Proselyt artist, the rapper has been leading "Sunday Service", religious services accompanied by an evangelical pastor. He notably held one in Paris, at the Bouffes du Nord theater at the beginning of March 2020. His candidacy tweet, where he calls for "trust God"is the perfect proof of the message he wishes to convey:"We must now fulfill America's promise by trusting in God, unifying our visions and building our future. I am a candidate for the presidency of the United States! # 2020VISION"
We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future. I am running for president of the United States ??! # 2020VISION
– ye (@kanyewest) July 5, 2020
4. He created the controversy with comments on slavery
After a very ambiguous interview held on May 1, 2018 on an American radio, Kanye West will then try to explain himself on the site TMZ. But the rapper got bogged down in his explanations when he broached the subject of black slavery. "We hear about slavery that lasted 400 years. For 400 years? It sounds like a choice "said North West's dad, adding, "We are in a mental prison. I like the word "prison" because "slaves" is too related to black people ". He even goes so far as to imply that slavery was a "choice" on the part of slaves from Africa. Words that will then arouse indignation from civil rights associations and many political leaders.
5. He came close to death in 2002
Kanye West could never have had a political fate. Indeed, the rapper came close to death in a car accident in 2002. After falling asleep at the wheel, he seriously struck a car. Finally, the artist came out with only the fractured jaw.
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