Kanye West Talks Politics
Rapper Kanye West told the crowd at a concert in California that he did not vote in the presidential election. But he told them that if he had, he would have voted for Donald Trump.
West reportedly continued to talk for 40 minutes about his reasons for preferring Trump. The crowd, expecting to hear songs instead of a political speech, booed him. Some even threw shoes.
The majority of voters in California preferred Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton.
On Friday, people reacted on social media to the singer’s comments. “Kanye” became the most popular topic on Twitter.
Many of the people who went to the concert posted live updates on Twitter of West’s unexpected speech. One person wrote that West told the crowd, “The internet is going to take this out of context.”
By that, he means people may misunderstand his comments.
West did not say Thursday whether he agreed with Trump’s political ideas. But he did talk about some of the things he believes are wrong with the country.
West also said he thought the next four years would prepare him to run for president in 2020.
