If that was Kanye West's way of announcing his candidacy, it could have gone better. On Thursday night, the 39-year-old rapper arrived late to his San Jose concert. Instead of jumping into his set list, West opted to rant about this year's presidential election.
"I told y'all I didn't vote, right? But if I were to vote, I would have voted on Trump," he told the crowd, who immediately began booing him.
He continued to talk about why he supported the president-elect before transitioning into his song "Heartless." Just moments in, he stopped the music as the audience loudly objected.
"I just said that I would have
voted for Donald Trump and then I did a song and y'all sang it at the
top of your lungs," he noted. "That doesn't mean that you're a Trump
supporter. That just means you ok with a celebrity having their own
opinion. Or that someone else is ok to have their own opinion. That
might not be your opinion but you can still like that person or still
like that person's music."
He went on to call out last week's Saturday Night Live
host, Dave Chappelle, saying, "Dave Chapelle, it's ok. We can have
opinions as celebrities. I know you said we couldn't, but thank you for
breaking the ice on a mentality of a generation."
He also sparked audible criticism when he started talking about racism,
saying, "Specifically to black people, stop focusing on racism. This
world is racist, ok? Let's stop being distracted to focus on that as
much. It's just a f**king fact. We are in a racist country. Period… Not
one or the other candidate was going to instantly change that."
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