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Source: Reuters
FILE PHOTO: Rapper Kanye West speaks during meeting with U.S.
President Trump at the White House in Washington
FILE PHOTO: Rapper Kanye West meets with U.S. President Trump at
the White House in Washington
West, previously a vocal supporter of Trump, announced on
Saturday that he would run for president in 2020.
"I am taking the red hat off, with this interview," West told
Forbes, referring to Trump's trademark red "Make America Great
Again" baseball cap. "Like anything I've ever done in my life,
I'm doing (this) to win," he added.
He told the magazine he will run under a new banner - the
Birthday Party. West and his reality TV star wife Kim Kardashian
West have visited Trump in the White House.
West denied that his aim was to split the Black vote and hurt
the chances of Trump's Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. It was "a
form of racism and white supremacy" to suggest all Black people
should support the Democrats, he said.
The rapper told Forbes he had been ill with COVID-19 in
February, and would be suspicious of any vaccines developed to
prevent the infection. Repeating false theories that link
vaccines with child developmental disorders, he said: "So when
they say the way we're going to fix COVID is with a vaccine, I'm
extremely cautious."
"That's the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of
us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we
can't cross the gates of heaven," he added.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Graff)
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