When Kanye West took a highly-publicised trip to the White House in 2018, wearing a red Make America Great Again cap and praising Trump as a "genius", people truly started to wonder if he was OK.
The award-winning rapper built his career on being a 'conscious rapper', only to make headlines for his close relationship with US president Donald Trump — a president who has actively fought to deny a number of minorities their rights.
This, from the same man who looked directly into the camera and said "George W. Bush doesn’t care about black people" during a live benefit telethon for Hurricane Katrina back in 2005.
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At the time, Kanye argued, 'why can't I wear a M.A.G.A. cap?'
"Just as a musician, African-American guy out in Hollywood... everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me. And then told me every time I said 'I like Trump' that I couldn't say it out loud or my career would be over, I'd get kicked out of the black community — because blacks, we're supposed to have a monolithic thought... we can only be Democrats," he said.
Earlier that year, Kim Kardashian West stood behind the president's Resolute desk in the Oval Office to pose for a photo. Next to her sat Trump, beaming with an ear-to-ear grin.
"Great meeting with @KimKardashian today, talked about prison reform and sentencing," he tweeted following their encounter.
In June 2020, Spotify also announced Kim Kardashian West has signed an exclusive podcasting deal that will cover themes of wrongful conviction and criminal justice reform.
These achievements aren't small. Some would argue capitalising on Trump's obsession with celebrity status is just plain smart.
So, if Kanye and Kim are actually playing the President of the United States, can we forgive them for the dark side of their relationship with Trump? The side that sees their star power microphone used to amplify Trump's agenda?
It's food for thought, but as Kee said, "You've got to be inside the house to make actual change."
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