Rapper Kanye West, on Sunday, held his first presidential campaign since announcing his bid for the US election scheduled for November.
At the event, West covered a various range of topics, including abortion, god, international trade, license deals and taxes. While addressing the said topics, he even broke down in tears at one point before a crowd in North Charleston, South Carolina.
West, 43, a former supporter of President Donald Trump, missed the deadline to qualify for the ballot in several states. He has only been able to qualify to appear on Okalhoma’s presidential ballot so far.
At the event, the singer appeared with 2020 shaved into the back of his head and donning a protective security vest. Neitehr West, nor the audience had microphones, leading him to repeat his statements at the event.
While talking about the abortion law in the state, Kanye revealed that his parents wanted to abort him. There would have been no Kanye West, because my dad was too busy,” he said.
“I almost killed my daughter… even if my wife [Kim Kardashian West] were to divorce me after this speech, she brought North into the world, even when I didn’t want to,” he added.
However, he mentioned that he doesn’t think abortion should be illegal, but said that there should be economic support for financially unstable new parents, suggesting that “everybody that has a baby gets a million dollars.”
“The only thing that can free us is by obeying the rules that were given to us for a promised land,” he said. “Abortion should be legal because guess what? The law is not by God anyway, so what is legality?”West mentioned.
The event was reportedly attended by registered guests only, however, a campaign website has no registration.
West announced his candidacy earlier this month on July 4. Some has called this his publicly stunt for his upcoming album, others have even roasted the entertainer online.
