Chance the Rapper showing his support for Kanye Westโs 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:
โAnd yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfhโ
Chance ask his 8.3 million followers on Twitter โAre u more pro biden or anti ye and why?โ
โI get that youโll want to reply that youโre just tryna โget trump outโ but in this hypothetical scenario where youโre replacing Trump, can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better??โ
Then he seemingly tried to give Kanye props for his โplatform.โ
โReparations. Prison Abolition. Universal Basic Housing. Education Reform. Universal Basic Income. Thereโs 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!
After much back and fourth with his astonished followers, Chance posted:
โOk 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
โOk sprinting down the hill now: I understand the improbability of Ye winning the 46th Presidential seat and I understand that everyone voting for Biden isnโt necessarily doing so enthusiastically. I am for black liberation and do not accept my recent endorsement from Terry Crewsโ