Kanye West Wants To Run For President In 2024 & Change Name To 'Christian Genius Billionaire'

American rapper Kanye West was recently named as one of the wealthiest hip-hop artistes of the world by Forbes with his estimated worth being reported as $240 million.

However, Kanye West wants you to know that he is not a millionaire but a billionaire. And for that, he is considering changing his name to 'Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West,' just so everyone knows.

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“When people say it's crass to call yourself a billionaire, I say I might legally change my name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West for a year until y'all understand exactly what it is,” he was quoted as saying. “It will be on the license plate,” he said.

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“When I did Forbes, I showed them a US$ 890m receipt and they still didn't say 'billionaire'. They don't want us to know that we can buy land, they don't want us to have the 100% ownership [that] I have at Yeezy,” the 42-year-old said.

Kanye West was speaking at an event when the conversation gradually shifted to his plan to run for the president 2024. “When I run for president in 2024...,” he barely said when the audience?burst into laughter. “What y'all laughing at?” he asked.

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He promised that if he becomes the president, he would “create so many jobs”. "I'm not going to run, I'm going to walk," he said.

For the unversed, Kanye West has always had interest in politics. In the past as well, he had hinted that he might run for the president bid in 2020. Then he befriended Donald Trump. In fact, his wife Kim Kardashian has often been spotted with the US president advocating for criminal justice reform.

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This had raised a lot of eyebrows because people were left wondering how come the man who famously said that ‘George Bush doesn’t care about black people’ come to support Donald Trump. Some even question if they are really friends.