Chance The Rapper Endorsed Kanye For President?

Chance The Rapper is making a political statement — Kanye West would make a better president than Donald Trump or Joe Biden! Unfortunately, the comment has gotten him skewered on social media as folks vehemently disagree with him.

Chance has always been team Kanye. The two are like family and he was even there to support the rapper when he went all MAGA. And even though they don’t agree on everything, CTR seems to think that Yeezy is a better option for the Oval Office than the current front-runners. He made that abundantly clear after ‘Ye dropped a new song on Twitter Monday morning…

And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh https://t.co/JgbGBmPQk5

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

Of course, this tweet set off a firestorm of folks on his timeline condemning his endorsement…

If you use your platform to encourage Black people to vote for Kanye West, who has no chance of being elected to office, you will simply help re-elect racist Donald Trump.

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 13, 2020

He’s a good rapper and producer, but he’s mentally unstable and has no chance of winning considering that it’s past the deadline in multiple states for him to register. Pushing this on your platform is going to take votes away from Biden and get Trump re-elected. Please stop.

— DJ Vlad – VladTV.com (@djvlad) July 13, 2020

Damn you’re falling for the division trap too 🤦🏻‍♂️

— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) July 13, 2020

I hope you’re joking right?? Not voting or voting for Kanye ensures trump 4 more years. This country has suffered enough damage

— John C. Varner III (@LilHulkQ) July 13, 2020

But, Chance was undeterred. The “Coloring Book” rapper rebuffed and doubled down on his support, but also challenged his followers to reconsider what is “presidential”…

Are we pro two-party system?

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

Ima keep it real alota u niggas is racist

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

Are u more pro biden or anti ye and why? I get that you’ll want to reply that you’re just tryna “get trump out” but in this hypothetical scenario where you’re replacing Trump, can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better??

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

I finally got the answer now. I understand. Yall trust Biden more than yall trust Ye. I think I understand why, I just don’t feel the same way.

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

I didnt plan on trending today, but I would like take this opportunity to say: with all these apologies and accountabilities going around the city of Chicago and the Chicago Police Dept should finally admit to and denounce the assassination of Fred Hampton

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

I also always felt a way about people using the word “presidential”. Like a nigga acting or not acting presidential. Was Andrew Jackson acting presidential??

— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020

Does Chance have a point? We tried to understand the mind of a Kanye voter, but alas, we fell short.