Start making your "Yeezus 2020" shirts now: Kanye West is running for president.
During Sunday's MTV Video Music Awards, West made the announcement after accepting the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award from possible future running mate Taylor Swift. West spoke about how he is different now that he's a father and shared his love for other artists. "I will die for the art, for what I believe in," he said. "The art ain't always gonna be polite." Then, boom! West dropped this bombshell: "It's about ideas, bro, new ideas, bro. People with ideas. People who believe in truth. And yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president."
The crowd went wild, but imagining First Lady Kim Kardashian might all be for naught, as West admitted right before his proclamation that he did "smoke something before he came here." This could go two ways: Either it was a joke made under the influence, or legalization will be his major campaign issue in 2020. Catherine Garcia
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