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The late night flurry of activity on West's
official Twitter account - the bulk of which was deleted a few
hours later - came a day after he launched his U.S. presidential
campaign with a rambling rally in Charleston, South Carolina.
At that event, he tearfully referenced a decision he said he
made with wife Kim Kardashian not to abort a pregnancy.
"Kim was trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to lock me up
like on the movie Get Out because I cried about saving my
daughters life yesterday," West said in one of the tweets that
was later deleted.
"If I get locked up like Mandela Ya’ll will know why," he wrote
in another tweet, also subsequently deleted, referencing the man
who became South Africa's first Black president after being
imprisoned for nearly three decades under apartheid.
In other tweets, later deleted, West appealed directly to
Kardashian and her mother, Kris Jenner, to contact him at his
ranch in Wyoming.
West's record company UMusic and a representative for Kardashian
and Jenner did not immediately respond to emails seeking
comment.
West, 43, a former supporter of President Donald Trump, has left
voters befuddled over whether his campaign is genuine or a
publicity stunt to help sell albums or merchandise.
He later tweeted that his new album, DONDA, would be released on
Friday.
West referenced "Get Out", a horror film about race relations,
in a few of the tweets: "Everybody knows the movie get out is
about me."
Several Twitter followers asked the rapper if he was well.
In response to a tweet asking him to "Save Kanye", Tesla Inc
Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk tweeted: "We talked about an
hour ago. He seems fine."
Musk earlier this month tweeted his support for West's
presidential bid.
(Reporting By Jane Wardell and Rama Venkat; Editing by Nick
Tattersall)
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