Chance The Rapper Received Major Internet Backlash After Defending Kanye West’s Presidential Run

Chance the Rapper showing his support for Kanye Westโ€˜s presidential run is leaving a sour taste in my mouth for the normally sweet guy.

Chancelor Bennett, better known as Chance the Rapper, took to Twitter Monday morning in apparent defense of fellow rapper Kanye West, who announced last week he planned to run for president in the 2020 election.

He started things off with:

โ€œAnd yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfhโ€

Chance ask his 8.3 million followers on Twitter โ€œAre u more pro biden or anti ye and why?โ€

โ€œI get that youโ€™ll want to reply that youโ€™re just tryna โ€˜get trump outโ€™ but in this hypothetical scenario where youโ€™re replacing Trump, can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better??โ€

Then he seemingly tried to give Kanye props for his โ€œplatform.โ€

โ€œReparations. Prison Abolition. Universal Basic Housing. Education Reform. Universal Basic Income. Thereโ€™s more but ion work for folks so ill let him do his job. Just saying we been doing this thing the same way for a long time. Can a blck man get a chanceโ€

That comment set Twitter off!

https://twitter.com/ThePlantHippie/status/1283035475989729281

After much back and fourth with his astonished followers, Chance posted:

โ€œOk this is me slowly trying to get down from this hill without falling and dying: Whoever you vote for I hope they abolish the prison system as we know it, honor black reparations and all treaties with Indigenous folk and lastly end homelessness. Whomever that may be God bless emโ€

โ€œOk sprinting down the hill now: I understand the improbability of Ye winning the 46th Presidential seat and I understand that everyone voting for Biden isnโ€™t necessarily doing so enthusiastically. I am for black liberation and do not accept my recent endorsement from Terry Crewsโ€