"Martin Luther King didn't get slaughtered on the grounds that he had a fantasy; he had something different he was gong to discuss. He discussed dark strengthening, monetary strengthening," West said at the Fast Company Innovation Festival, as per The Hollywood Reporter (THR). "At the point when I did Forbes, I demonstrated them a $890 million receipt despite everything they didn't state 'tycoon.'"

"They don't need us to realize that we can purchase land; they don't need us to have the 100 percent proprietorship [that] I have at Yeezy," West kept, alluding his design line, which Forbes estimated would top $1.5 billion this year. "At the point when individuals state it's coarse to consider yourself an extremely rich person, I state I may lawfully change my name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West for a year until you all see precisely what it will be… It will be on the tag."

On the off chance that West sticks with the name change, we could be seeing "Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West" on the 2024 presidential polling form. The Chicago local likewise tended to that prospect during the Fast Company talk. "At the point when I run for president in 2024 — " he began, before chuckling from the group of spectators intruded on him. "What you all snickering at? We would make such huge numbers of occupations!"

"I'm not going to run, I'm going to walk," West continued, according to THR. "When you see headlines saying Kanye's crazy — one in three African Americans are in jail and all the celebrities are in jail also because they can't say nothing, they got no opinion, they're so scared!"

It's no secret West has an interest in politics. He mentioned a possible 2020 presidential bid in the past and famously befriended President Trump, even wearing a red "MAGA" hat. West's wife, Kim Kardashian West, has also become an outspoken advocate for criminal justice reform, meeting with President Trump several times to discuss the issue.

 

 

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