Kanye West has re-entered the 2024 presidential race, and he’s reportedly hired a noxious alt-right troll to helm the new Yeezy for President campaign.
Milo Yiannopoulos — best known for his criticisms of everything from the Muslim religion to feminism — has reportedly been hired as the campaign manager by the embattled Yeezy CEO after having a fallout with fellow alt-right extremist Nick Fuentes, according to Forbes. The outlet also reports that West’s hiring of the British provocateur came after he “fell out” with Donald Trump.
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But that’s not the only staffing change that the former billionaire has made.
West also reportedly fired Ali Alexander — a January 6th insurrectionist leader who also recently apologized for soliciting nude photos from underage boys — and that it was Yiannopoulos who handed both Fuentes and Alexander their walking papers from the campaign.
However, while these emails were reportedly obtained by Forbes — and later re-published by Rolling Stone — neither outlet has authenticated the veracity of these emails.
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This reported shift back into politics marks the second about-face made by the “Through the Wire” rapper.
Last month, it was reported that Kanye West pulled out of the presidential race altogether once he realized that political shenanigans were afoot in his quest for the White House.
The shenanigans in question, basically, involved a lot of in-fighting, as none of his advisors — which, according to The Daily Beast, included Fuentes, Alexander, Trump, and Yiannopoulous — seem to get along very well.
“As other Republican presidential hopefuls ramp up their White House bids, West’s political team of far-right influencers has found a new foe: each other,” the publication reports. “After once working together to elect West — or at least get him more attention through media appearances on fringe outlets like InfoWars — West campaign staffers like Fuentes, Jan. 6 rally organizer Ali Alexander, and British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos have turned on one another.”
This infighting has reportedly turned the DONDA rapper off from taking the campaign further, with documentary filmmakers and advisers alike put off from the idea altogether — and West is fine with that, too.
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“Right now, I am living my life — like I’m concentrating on the school, The Donda Academy, and my new wife, and my kids, and that’s it,” West reportedly told documentary filmmaker Adam Camacho, who was hired to document the presidential campaign. “I just want to be left alone.”
The new wife he speaks of is Bianca Censori, whom he reportedly wed in January.
