Kanye West held his first presidential campaign rally at the Exquis Event Center in North Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday (July 19) — and it didn’t exactly go well. The hour-long event was filled with often incoherent ramblings, tears and a controversial comment about the famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman.
50 Cent, who’s never one to keep his comments to himself, evidently found this hilarious and shared a clip of Ye spouting, “Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had the slaves to work for other White people.”
The successful television mogul blamed JAY-Z for basically creating this version of Ye in the caption, writing, “what the fuck did he just say. This is all Jay z fault , kanye’s first Rally. LOL.”
Kanye and JAY-Z’s relationship stretches back decades, but the two Hip Hop moguls haven’t been on good terms in recent years. Despite their strained friendship, Ye still wants Hov to be his running mate and doesn’t seem to think their 2017 fallout would be a roadblock.
JAY-Z Reveals Reason Behind Rift With Kanye West
During the rally in South Carolina, Ye told a local blogger Jay needed to be his vice-president — instead of Wyoming preacher Michelle Tidball who’s Kanye’s current running mate.
“We have Michelle Tidball who is a Christian pastor out of Wyoming who is my running mate,” he said. “But she would be open to taking another position if we found another running mate … You know who should be my running mate? Shawn Carter. The fact we haven’t talked so long that’s how you know we’re real brothers.”
Check out Kanye’s controversial comments below.
50 hasn’t made good music in nearly 20 years. Why do you still put him on the site almost daily?
Facts.. he is musically irrelevant
News flash, this is a hip hop site and 50 cent is a part of hip hop culture, so he is relevant to this site even if it’s not music. To be honest I don’t think he cares about still making music, he’s making millions doing other ventures
Hip Hop is Irrelevant now lol
Everything he touches is gold. Ur a clown
A hit maybe but to say he hasn’t made good music in nearly 20 yrs is ludicrous & biasedly subjective.
Facts
I swear Kanye is really fucked up in the head
wow 50 is at it again. Kanye doesn’t have a real shot at the white house. He’s being used by that President to distract you all.
Think about it.
Kanye said:
“Harriet Tubman never actually freed the slaves, she just had the slaves to work for other White people.”
This is true if one considers working for a low wage for somebody else to be slavery.
Those slaves Tubman freed did not end up business owners, they ended up working for low wages for white people instead of being slaves.
Maybe Kanye could have phrased it better though…
Strange fact:
Biggest slave owners in USA and in Confederacy were FREED black men aka previous slaves who had been freed by their white masters.
Do you remember when Kanye said slavery was a choice?
Harriet Tubman said the SAME THING:
“I Could Have Freed a Thousand More Slaves If They Knew They Were Slaves” -Harriet Tubman
Africans had no hand in the slave trade? so a boat with 50 white men stormed africa and just took slaves?
Africans sold other Africans for slaves.
Usually the competing Tribe was sold to slavery.
Africans also robbed millions of white Europeans into slavery in Africa and that is why there is lighter skin color in the Northern Africa.
“Africans robbed millions of white Europeans into slavery in Africa and that is why there is lighter skin color on Africa.”? Wow you clearly know nothing about African history smh.
Somehow, I believe Jay will do all he can to steer clear of that campaign. It maybe a little early to tell but it seems like he’ll be happy to watch from the sidelines. Jay’s sights seem to be elsewhere, consolidating his empire and status most probably.
Jay-Z will be cheerleading for Democrats and Joe “1994 crime bill” Biden in 2020 just like Jay-Z danced for Hillary “hot sauce in my purse” Clinton in 2016.
This is one sick puppy … a pure bozo clown just like Donald Trump … Sad part is ya support this bozo and buy his sneakers
Very disturbing
I pray that someone within this West family has a opportunity to help with a very strong need for some much needed support.
A supportive family is very much needed ?