Kanye West has claimed Frank Ocean advised him to not help Donald Trump in 2016.
The rapper recalled the incident in an expletive-filled rant on a current livestream, the place he mentioned the singer got here to his home in 2016 asking him to not help Trump. Although West abstained from voting on the time, he revealed he would have voted for the present US President within the 2016 elections.
On the livestream, West might be heard saying: “Frank Ocean pussy ass come over my home speaking about Trump all day and the way I shouldn’t help Trump. N***a fuck you realize about politics and n***a I’m your motherfucking senior, OG, y’all used to come back on tour with me n***a.
“None of you n***as can inform me about politics n***a,” he added. “Fuck you assume? You learn a e-book and now you’ll be able to inform me some shit?”
West went on to say that “none of those n***as as proficient. I’m the best motherfucking artist that ever existed. They’ll simply be barely higher at one factor trigger they solely try this one factor.”
Frank Ocean came to visit to Kanye’s home in 2016 to inform him to not vote for Trump pic.twitter.com/0MvSlHwal0
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West turned heads when he began supporting Trump publicly at his gigs, with followers reacting to his endorsement: “I miss the previous Kanye”.
The rapper would go on to reward Trump following his first stint as US President. This led to Trump responding on Twitter: “Thanks Kanye, very cool!” and claiming West had helped his approval ranking amongst African People.
West would additionally help Trump throughout the 2020 election – throughout which the rapper additionally introduced his personal presidential bid, however conceded shortly afterwards. He would affirm one other presidential bid for 2024, this time expressing his want for Trump to be his operating mate.
Nevertheless, West’s lawyer later confirmed he wouldn’t be operating for president.
In different information, Kanye West has seemingly cut up from Bianca Censori, in accordance with the lyrics from his upcoming track.