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Rapper Kanye West signalled he no longer supports US President Donald Trump and said he had entered the presidential race to win it, in an interview published on Wednesday.
West, previously a vocal supporter of Trump, announced on Saturday that he would run for president in 2020.
“I am taking the red hat off, with this interview,” West told Forbes, referring to Trump’s trademark red “Make America Great Again” baseball cap. “Like anything I’ve ever done in my life, I’m doing (this) to win,” he added.
He told the magazine he will run under a new banner – the Birthday Party. West and his reality TV star wife Kim Kardashian West have visited Trump in the White House.

West denied that his aim was to split the Black vote and hurt the chances of Trump’s Democratic opponent, Joe Biden. It was “a form of racism and white supremacy” to suggest all Black people should support the Democrats, he said.
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The rapper told Forbes he had been ill with Covid-19 in February, and would be suspicious of any vaccines developed to prevent the infection. Repeating false theories that link vaccines with child developmental disorders, he said: “So when they say the way we’re going to fix Covid is with a vaccine, I’m extremely cautious.”
“That’s the mark of the beast. They want to put chips inside of us, they want to do all kinds of things, to make it where we can’t cross the gates of heaven,” he added.



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Rapper Kanye West wants to be US president. File photo: Reuters

(Files) in this file photo US President Donald Trump meets with rapper Kanye West in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, October 11, 2018. - Kanye West, the entertainment mogul who urges listeners in one song to "reach for the stars, so if you fall, you land on a cloud," announced SJuly 4, 2020, he is challenging Donald Trump for the US presidency in 2020. (Photo by SEBASTIAN SMITH / AFP)

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President Kanye West? Photo: EPA

epa08528688 (FILE) - US rapper Kanye West performs as a surprise guest of Kid Cudi during the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio near Palm Spring, California, USA, late 20 April 2019 (reissued 05 July 2020). West announced on twitter that he was 'running for president of the United States'. The US will hold presidential elections on November 3, 2020. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT *** Local Caption *** 55139036

(FILES) In this file photo taken on December 13, 2016 singer Kanye West and President-elect Donald Trump speak with the press after their meetings at Trump Tower in New York. - Kanye West, the entertainment mogul who urges listeners in one song to "reach for the stars, so if you fall, you land on a cloud," announced SJuly 4, 2020, he is challenging Donald Trump for the US presidency in 2020. (Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP)

US entertainer Kanye West donned a red ‘Make America Great Again’ hat for a meeting with Donald Trump in the Oval Office in 2018. File photo: EPA

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(FILES) This file photo taken on September 29, 2016 shows (From L) Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Kris Jenner and Corey Gamble as they attend the Off-white 2017 Spring/Summer ready-to-wear collection fashion show, in Paris. Rap superstar Kanye West has pulled the plug on his north American tour, organizers said November 21, 2016, two days after a rambling onstage tirade against fellow artists Jay Z and Beyonce.The Saint Pablo Tour was set to run through December 31, but all 21 remaining shows are canceled and ticketholders have been contacted about refunds, a spokeswoman for promoter Live Nation told AFP. / AFP PHOTO / ALAIN JOCARD

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The rapper said he will run under the banner of ‘the Birthday Party’

He denied that his announcement was a publicity stunt for new album