In an exclusive interview with Vanity Fair magazine, U.S
rapper, Kanye West, has re-confirmed his political ambitions to run for the
presidency come 2020. Below are excerpts from the interview;
On juggling everything:
It’s family first. And then when I work on music, I’ll
sequester myself and work on it with a team of three, four, or five really
focused experts for two weeks at a time. And then with apparel, the office is
right across from my house, so I go to the office every day.
On if he’s still running for presidency in 2020:
Oh definitely.
On people reacting well to his presidential ambitions:
Especially from the six years of this misconception or the
six years I went through of “We don’t like Kanye.” And then as soon as I said
that, it was like, “Wait a second, we would really be into that, because
actually if you think about it, he’s extremely thoughtful. Every time he’s ever
gotten in trouble, he was really jumping in front of a bullet for someone else.
He’s probably the most honest celebrity that we have.” I didn’t approach that
because I thought it would be fun. It wasn’t like, Oh, let’s go rent some jet
skis in Hawaii. No, the exact opposite. I sit in clubs and I’m like, Wow, I’ve
got five years before I go and run for office and I’ve got a lot of research to
do, I’ve got a lot of growing up to do.
My dad has two masters degrees. My mom has a PhD, she used
to work at Operation PUSH. Somehow the more and more creative I get, the closer
and closer I get to who I was as a child. When I was a child, I was holding my
mom’s hand at Operation PUSH. I think it’s time. Rap is great. It’s fun. It’s
fun to be a rock star, and I’ll never not be one I guess, but there’ll be a
point where I become my mother’s child. With all the things I’ve done that
people would consider to be accomplishments, what’s the point where I become
the person that Donda and Raymond West raised? My parents’ child.
Continue the Interview HERE
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