Kanye West says he's running for president in 2024
Kanye West speaks on stage at the "Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson" at the on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company / Getty Images)
Rap superstar Kanye West, during his appearance at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in New York City on Thursday, revived speculation that he may seek the highest office in the land.
"When I run for president in 2024, we're going to definitely- yo what are y'all laughing at?" West reacted to the laughing crowd. "When I run for president in 2024, we would've created so many jobs that, in fact, I'm going to walk."
"What I'm saying is, when y'all read the headlines, 'Kanye's crazy,' this and that, this and that, it's like one in three African Americans are in jail and all of the celebrities are in jail also because they can't say nothing! They've got no opinion! They're so scared!"
The Grammy-winning artist then laughed as he recalled the frenzy that followed his 2005 claim that then-President George W. Bush "doesn't care about black people" in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which he walked back in 2018.
West has floated the idea of a presidential run multiple times in recent months.
Last year, West caused a cultural firestorm when he donned a "Make America Great Again" hat and visited President Trump in the Oval Office.
His latest album "Jesus is King" hit #1 on Billboard and every song on the album made its way onto Billboard's Hot 100.