Kanye West has claimed Frank Ocean told him not to support Donald Trump in 2016.
The rapper recalled the incident in an expletive-filled rant on a recent livestream, where he said the singer came to his house in 2016 asking him not to support Trump. Though West abstained from voting at the time, he revealed he would have voted for the current US President in the 2016 elections.
On the livestream, West can be heard saying: “Frank Ocean pussy ass come over my house talking about Trump all day and how I shouldn’t support Trump. N***a fuck you know about politics and n***a I’m your motherfucking senior, OG, y’all used to come on tour with me n***a.
“None of you n***as can tell me about politics n***a,” he added. “Fuck you think? You read a book and now you can tell me some shit?”
West went on to claim that “none of these n***as as talented. I’m the greatest motherfucking artist that ever existed. They can just be slightly better at one thing cause they only do that one thing.”
Frank Ocean came over to Kanye’s house in 2016 to tell him to not vote for Trump pic.twitter.com/0MvSlHwal0
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West turned heads when he started supporting Trump publicly at his gigs, with fans reacting to his endorsement: “I miss the old Kanye”.
The rapper would go on to praise Trump following his first stint as US President. This led to Trump responding on Twitter: “Thank you Kanye, very cool!” and claiming West had helped his approval rating amongst African Americans.
West would also support Trump during the 2020 election – during which the rapper also announced his own presidential bid, but conceded shortly afterwards. He would confirm another presidential bid for 2024, this time expressing his desire for Trump to be his running mate.
However, West’s lawyer later confirmed he would not be running for president.
In other news, Kanye West has seemingly split from Bianca Censori, according to the lyrics from his upcoming song.
