Kanye West Announces Possible 2020 Presidential Run

Rapper and award-winning artist Kanye West announced that he will be running for President of the United States in the November 2020 election.

The 43-year old musician made the now-viral announcement on Twitter over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.

“We must now realize the promise of America by trusting God, unifying our vision and building our future,” West wrote on July 4^th.

“I am running for president 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

Further details on the rapper’s bid for the presidency have yet to be revealed, though this is not the first time West has announced that he would be running for President.

At the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, West asserted that he would be running for President in the year 2020, BBC News reports. Then. last year, at Fast Company’s Innovation Festival, West announced that he would be running in 2024.

The crowd who was present at the festival laughed at West’s declaration, but the musician asserted that he was serious.

“What are you laughing at?” he asked the crowd. “We would have created so many jobs that I’m not gonna run, I’m gonna walk.”

West even teased changing his name to “Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West” for the presidential run.

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