'I'm running for President of the United States': Rapper Kanye West announces bid for 2020

American rapper, singer, songwriter Kanye West anunced on Fourth of July that he will be running for President of United States. He tweeted his intentions of running for top office through on America's 244th Independence Day and wrote, "I am running for president of United States! #2020VISION" complete with an American flag emoji.

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This isn’t first time American rapper has pledged a run for White House. At a promotional outing for his collaboration with GAP in vember last year, he me a statement about t only his progress but also of African-American society. Following which he h anunced that he would run for presidency of United States of America in 2024. 

"When I run for President in 2024," West h said, interrupted by an outbreak of laughter in audience. "What y'all laughing at? We would create so many jobs! I'm t going to run, I'm going to walk. When you see helines saying Kanye's crazy — one in three African Americans are in jail and all celebrities are in jail also because y can't say thing, y got opinion, y're so scared!"

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At 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, he anunced onst that he would be running for President, leing many to wonder wher he would run following year. His tweet on Saturday anuncing presidential bid has been shocking as he has decided to run in 2020 itself. However, it's t that surprising as, over past year, singer has leaned much more into politics, having h a handful of widely-publicised meetings with current President Donald Trump.

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Apart from this, rapper is kwn to often publicly prounce himself in superlative terms. At an interview last year, he called himself a creative genius and claimed that his music was perfect. He claimed to be "unquestionably, undoubtedly, greatest human artist of all time”. Moreover, he h claimed that he wants people to kw that he has money and that he is a genius, for which he h plans to officially change his name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West.

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