You’re probably wondering what Kanye West could possibly do to get booed at his own show. Apparently, it’s not really that difficult. All he had to do was say he’d have voted for Donald Trump, if he had voted at all.
Last night during the San Jose stop on his Saint Pablo Tour, Kanye stopped his performance to talk about our country’s current political climate. “This is my platform, and I’m going to talk about the paradigm shift that’s happening right now,” he said.
In the over 40-minute political speech, which cost him a couple songs, it’s difficult to say exactly what he said as we’ve only got tweets and videos to judge. One thing is for sure, he boldly stated that if he were to vote (which he didn’t) he would have “voted for Donald Trump.”
It turns out Kayne, who famously said George Bush didn’t care about black people in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, appreciated Trump’s disruptive campaign. Shocker there. Kanye West has spent years molding his image into pop’s leading villain. Why would we think his choice of presidents would be any different? Kanye particularly liked how Trump “inspired racists to reveal themselves.” We can’t really knock that because his campaign definitely helped us whittle down our Facebook friends list — goodbye random people from high school who never left our hometown.
Kanye was met with many boos and a few people even threw projectiles at him, one of which was a Yeezy shoe. For a normal person, we’d guess that would have stung quite a bit, but this is Kanye West. He simply signed the shoe with a black Sharpie and returned it to its owner like a boss.
Kanye was sure to admit that his concerts are a safe space for all people regardless of who they voted for. “Whether you voted for Hillary or Trump, this is a safe space for both of you,” he said, adding, “Stop focusing on racism. We are in a racist country — period.”
Here’s a video of the incident.
"I would've voted for Trump" – @kanyewest pic.twitter.com/XtyUteCgUZ
— albertoreyes (@albertoreyes) November 18, 2016
One fan live-tweeted the speech.
Kanye: "The internet is going to take this out of context"
Now playing That Part
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Another show stopped. Kanye is asking who voted for Hillary, mixed cheers and boos. Kanye is calling out Trump supporters.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
"People who voted for either side come out to the show, I know media is more liberal, what I'm saying is I'm not judging Trump voters"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
"There are Hillary supporters that may be louder, but MY fact is that there are people who who voted for Trump here at the show"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
"The dumbest thing about politics is that politics separate, not one side or the other side is bad, it's not Democratic or Republican"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
"Echoing is what made people think Hillary was going to win, you thought because what the Internet was telling you, that she was gonna win"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
"Rappers are philosophers of our now, celebrities are the influencers of our now, just look at the president, he wasn't in politics & won"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
DUDE KANYE IS GOING OFF RIGHT NOW LMAO
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye just said he thinks he'll have the experience in 2020 to run for office, I'm dead serious, Kanye just said he's preparing for 2020.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye now talking about how he wants people with principle and wants someone to bring light problems w/ education, housing & other elements.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye admitted he didn't vote in 2016, but says he is concerned with how to become a different type of president in 2020 if nobody else does
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye now playing Power. After a 40 minute political rant.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye West just stopped the show again to tell us that Kanye liked Trumps campaign. Someone threw something at Kanye but he isn't mad.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye happy a woman just screamed she loved him even though Kanye said he liked Trumps campaign. Kanye is supportive of Trumps Anti-PC.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye just took that girls Yeezys and signed them with a sharpie and gave it back to her.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye is now saying how he loved Trumps debate style. Kanye is glad Trump inspired racists to reveal themselves. "This is the beginning"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye said as a black man and as a celebrity he felt persecuted for supporting Trump, feels vindicated.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye says Scooter Braun told him not to come out as a Trump supporter before election night.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye just stopped Jesus Walks, talking about how Trump is a genius.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye now playing Blood on the Leaves. There have been 13 stops, about 1 hour of ranting so far.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
"Im a human being too, I have feelings, I liked the debates, Im a guy & a rapper, I'm a non political rebel, the debates were entertaining"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Someone threw something at Kanye that hit him, he's now threatening to cancel the show. "Am I not allowed to have an opinion?"
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Kanye then says "Neither candidate would fix racism in this country" Walks off stage, end of concert. WOW.
— Darion G (@SkyIsTumbling) November 18, 2016
Of course, ‘Ye caused a public outrage with his comments.
https://twitter.com/MatthewKick/status/799601402196725760
"I would've voted for Trump" – Kanye West.
Kanye, if you thought Bush didn't care about black people, boy howdy, do I have news for you.— KD thee EPCOT center (@razzledazzlekal) November 18, 2016
https://twitter.com/ScottieBeam/status/799591603065208832
Kanye also announced that he would be running for president in 2020, and judging by how Trump’s campaign went, we’re guessing he has a pretty good shot.
Don’t worry Kanye, you’re not alone in your Trump love. You’re up there with your BFF Taylor Swift. You have a whole lot more in common than you might think!
