Kanye or Koonye West?

Kanye has been causing buzz all over Twitter with his recent Tweets about President Donald Trump.
Since he made it to the mainstream market, Kanye West has been one of the most controversial rappers in the game. Recently, his comments have been openly and proudly supporting President Donald Trump and the “Make America Great Again” campaign.
In August 2005, after Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West went on national TV and discussed how our country does not help black people or poor people as quickly as they should. He also talked about how George Bush doesn’t care about black people.
Although Donald Trump treated Puerto Rico after Hurricane Irma similarly to how New Orleans was treated by George Bush after Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West has been openly supporting him.
Kanye tweeted a series of tweets over the last few weeks defending his political thoughts. One tweet said, “You don’t have to agree with Trump but the mob can’t make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.”
He also tweeted, “If your friend jumps off the bridge you don’t have to do the same. Ye being Ye is a fight for you to be you. For people, in my life the idea of Trump is pretty much a 50/50 split, but i don’t tell a Hillary supporter not to support Hillary, I love Hillary too.” He even posted pictures in a “Make America Great Again” hat.
West then proceeded to tweet screenshots of messages with John Legend. He told Kanye about how loyal his fans are to him and people feel betrayed about his thoughts on Trump because of Trump’s harmful policies. He warned him to not let this be what he’ll be remembered for. Kanye responded by telling John Legend that he’s trying to use fear tactics to manipulate his free thought.
People on social media have been saying he’s in the sunken place,in reference to the movie “Get Out.” They’ve also been saying he has mental problems.
His wife, Kim Kardashian- West, defended him on Twitter saying he is not in the sunken place, and he is just being himself through self expression.
She tweeted, “To the media trying to demonize my husband let me just say this… your commentary on Kanye being erratic & his tweets being disturbing is actually scary. So quick to label him as having mental health issues for just being himself when he has always been expressive is not fair.” Her next tweet read, “He’s a free thinker, is that not allowed in America? Because some of his ideas differ from yours you have to throw in the mental health card? That’s just not fair. He’s actually out of the sunken place when he’s being himself which is very expressive.”
Brittany Lee-Tillery, a freshman Animal Science major from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, feels that Kanye is acting like Trump and even if he’s just trying to gain publicity, he’s going about it the wrong way. “Kanye is so cocky and arrogant, he really acts just like Donald Trump if you think about it, especially how he’s been using Twitter as his platform just like Trump,” says Lee-Tillery. “Even if he’s just doing it for album publicity or whatever, his statements still aren’t okay,” she continued.
Since he recently announced that he will be releasing an album in the summer, many Kanye fans think he’s only doing this for publicity for the album. Others think he’s seriously running for president in the 2024 election and is trying to gain a Republican following to eventually gain their vote.