Kanye West confirmed 2024 presidential bid

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Kanye West has confirmed heโ€™s planning to run for president again.

The โ€˜Strongerโ€™ hitmaker โ€“ who has legally changed his name to Ye โ€“ ran for office in 2020 but conceded his run after winning just 50,000 votes and failing to make the ballot in several states, but heโ€™s now declared heโ€™ll be throwing his hat into the ring for the 2024 elections and has enlisted the services of controversial far-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos to help with his campaign.

In a video circulating on Twitter on Sunday (20.11.22), Kanye said: โ€œThis is Milo right here, working on the campaign.โ€

He was then asked: โ€œIs that an announcement?โ€

Milo laughed and replied: โ€œI guess it is. Thanks, I accept.โ€

The cameraman then asked the 45-year-old rapper if he is โ€œrunningโ€ for president.

Kanye confirmed: โ€œYes. Itโ€™s simple โ€™cause ainโ€™t nobody can tell me, you know, โ€˜you should say this, you shouldnโ€™t say that,โ€™ you know? Itโ€™s just weโ€™re moving towards the future.โ€

The announcement comes after Kanyeโ€™s friend Akon recently speculated that his palโ€™s recent shocking antics โ€“ including a string of antisemitic remarks and the wearing of a โ€˜White Lives Matterโ€™ t-shirt during Paris Fashion Week โ€“ were all part of a bid to win over voters that would otherwise back Donald Trumpโ€™s bid to return to office in 2024.

Akon said: โ€œI think Kanye is smarter than yโ€™all think. This the brilliant side of him. What is his next plan? To run for office, right. Iโ€™m just sayinโ€™! From our knowledge, his next plan is to run for office, right? Who was his main endorser? Trump.

โ€œIn order for Kanye to have a shot, he needs to have a piece of that base. This is how heโ€™s getting it. And he knows this!โ€

The 49-year-old singer acknowledged Kanye has angered the Black community with his recent antics but thinks they are forgiving people and will ultimately support him.

He added: โ€œHe knows heโ€™s gonna make a lotta Black people angry. But, guess what? Weโ€™re forgiving people. We are. He knows that, too.โ€

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