Watch Kanye West’s first US election campaign video
- Kanye West has spent some US$5.8 million on his campaign
- The American rapper has no mathematical chance of winning
Rapper Kanye West on Monday released his first official campaign video in his long-shot bid to be elected US president on November 3, focusing on religion and families.
West, 43, who launched his campaign for the White House with erratic statements on his social media accounts in July, is on the official ballot in a handful of US states, according to US media, but has no mathematical chance of winning.
In Monday’s video, the musician and fashion designer asked supporters to vote for him as a write-in candidate.
“By turning to faith, we will be the kind of nation, the kind of people, that God intends us to be,” West says in the video, featuring families at prayer and nature shots.
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Rapper and US presidential candidate Kanye West focuses on religion in first campaign video
The video was the first major bid by West, formerly one of President Donald Trump’s biggest celebrity supporters, to be taken as a serious contender for the White House. He has done little campaigning under his self-styled Birthday Party as concern grew over his mental health.