“You’ve got to deal with unusual characters who behave as if they are on a reality TV show”.
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The President also joked that West may need to do better at keeping on message, saying the rapper can’t say things like “you have a lovely dark twisted fantasy”, which is the name of West’s 2010 album.
Obama isn’t the only one who supports West’s decision to run for president.
“You gotta be cool with that,” Obama said.
Kanye West’s political “career” resembles something like a structually unsound rollercoaster ever since he announced his 2020 presidential run while accepting the Video Vanguard Award at this summer’s MTV Video Music Awards. People have lost congressional seats that way.
The Grammy award winning artist will be headlining the fundraiser in San Francisco, California on October 10, where President Barack Obama will be in attendance.
Outside of dispensing tips, the AP noted that Obama continued to have jokes for West as he mentioned that the entertainer has his own nickname for the person in the White House – “Peezy”. That’s insane. That’s cray.
He talked about the success of Obamacare, where more than 15 percent of Americans didn’t have insurance, now over 17 million Americans are covered and can not be discriminated against due to preexisting conditions. We don’t have to have young boys in Oakland getting shot every day.
“Couldn’t get any stranger”, he said. “That’s a big thing to, you know, not talk to your wife about”. “Just a few stuff that I’ve picked up on the way”.
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Check out additional footage, including the National Basketball Association champion Golden State Warriors singing along to “All Falls Down”, below.
