Last Moment: Rapper Kanye West Signs Up for US Presidential Candidate

Rap artist Kanye West has registered as a presidential candidate in the Oklahoma election commission. This is evidenced by datapublished on the website of the local election commission, writes Newsru.com.

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July 15 was the deadline to file the necessary paperwork to register as an independent candidate in Oklahoma. West managed to submit the required documents and pay the registration fee of $35 thousand. According to information on the election commission website, the rapper indicated that he would represent the BDY party (Birthday Party, which can be translated as both “Birthday Party” and “Birthday Party”).

Thus, at least in Oklahoma, the name of the performer will appear on the ballot. According to the Associated Press, pianist Jade Simmons and businessman Brock Pierce also registered as independent candidates in the state.

At the same time, it is still unclear whether West will actually participate in the presidential race. On Wednesday, July 15, the Internet portal Intelligencer, which is a supplement to New York magazine, claimed that the rapper had already abandoned plans to run for the post of head of state. And the online publication TMZ reported last week that the rapper’s statement about his readiness to compete in the elections was caused by an exacerbation of bipolar disorder, which he has been suffering from for several years.

Referring to sources surrounded by Kanye, TMZ said that exacerbations occurred once a year, and a statement of intent to participate in the presidential race coincided with one of them.

“His family and loved ones are concerned by Kanye's statements, but believe that the situation will stabilize, as it has in the past,” the article says.

Bipolar disorder, formerly called manic depression, is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings ranging from mania to depression. Episodes of mood swings may occur rarely or several times a year.

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The rapper posted a tweet announcing his intention to run on July 4, US Independence Day. Within a few hours, he received hundreds of thousands of retweets and likes, and businessman Elon Musk also came out in support of the rapper’s candidacy. West's wife Kim Kardashian responded with a tweet with an image of the American flag.

The rapper spoke about his desire to run for president in 2015 at the MTV Video Music Awards. And in 2016, in an interview with BBC radio, Kanye again recalled his political ambitions, saying that he intends to run in 2020, although he does not have a clear idea of ​​politics, but there are principles regarding people and the truth.

“If I can do something for my country, I will do it,” West said.

Previously, the rapper repeatedly met with US President Donald Trump and expressed support for him by posing in a red baseball cap with the inscription “Make America Great Again.”

Then everyone treated it as a joke, but after Trump’s victory, the rapper’s fans began to perceive his statements differently - and the hashtag #kanye2020 even became a leader on Twitter for a while. Users noted that if Trump became president, then Kanye could too.

“In 2004, Kanye saved hip-hop, in 2020 he will save America,” one user wrote.

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In May, the 2018 rapper statedthat the enslavement of blacks, which continued in North America for several centuries, can be regarded as a personal choice of slaves.

“We are mentally in prison. I prefer the word “prison” because slavery relates too directly to the idea of ​​black people. Just as the Holocaust is about Jews, slavery is about black people,” he said.

In response, an African-American employee at TMZ, a rapper who spoke on the air, said his statement exposes his lack of thought: according to him, blacks have to deal not with choice, but with the marginalization caused by 400 years of slavery.

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