This week's question: Kanye West has lost his bid for the White House after getting only 60,000 votes in the 12 states where he appeared on the ballot. The rapper's strongest showing came in Tennessee, where he notched about 0.3 percent. If West were to write a hip-hop track about his presidential run, what should he title the song?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Electric Harley
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THE WINNER: "Winnin' Ain't Yeezy"
Kim Chaffee, Glen Allen, Virginia
SECOND PLACE: "Rapper's Defeat"
Matthew Jay McCully, Enumclaw, Washington
THIRD PLACE: "The Electoral College Dropout"
Emily Kennedy, Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Baby Got Sacked"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"Forgot About Ye"
George Strong, Plano, Texas
"How the West was Lost"
Bill Vriesema, Lowell, Michigan
"Straight Outta Countin'"
Bernard Slack, Littleton, Colorado
"99 Problems (But the Oval Office Ain't One)"
Aaron Schmidt, North Olmsted, Ohio
"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Failure"
Caroline Mancl, Stoughton, Wisconsin
"Lose Myself"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vermont
"Rapper's Non-Delight"
Joe Ayella, Wayne, Pennsylvania
"Mama Said Vote You Out"
Robyn Kupferman, Culver City, California
"The Notorious B.I.G. Ego"
Craig Block, Seal Beach, California
"Shoulda Been the Kanye West Wing"
Rick Torrence, The Village, Oklahoma
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