LOS ANGELES ¨C Three weeks after a bizarre White House meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, rapper Kanye West said on Tuesday he was distancing himself from politics.
West, Trump¡¯s biggest celebrity supporter, also sought to distance himself from a new campaign that encourages black Americans to quit the Democratic Party.
¡°My eyes are now wide open and now realize I¡¯ve been used to spread messages I don¡¯t believe in. I am distancing myself from politics and completely focusing on being creative!!!¡± West tweeted, without mentioning Trump, who is a Republican, or any other names.
The singer and fashion designer, who has said he is bipolar, also said he ¡°never wanted any association¡± with a campaign launched last weekend called Blexit that seeks to draw African-Americans away from their long-standing support for Democrats.
West, 41, was linked to the campaign after its leader, conservative activist Candace Owens, said he had designed the logo for the movement¡¯s hats and T-shirts.
¡°I introduced Candace to the person who made the logo and they didn¡¯t want their name on it so she used mine,¡± West tweeted on Tuesday. ¡°I have nothing to do with it.¡±
West posted his comments just a week before U.S. congressional elections on Nov. 6 and after months of erratic behavior, including describing slavery as a choice.
On Oct. 11, he met Trump in the Oval Office and launched into a rambling 10-minute-long speech carried live on television in which he said Trump made him feel like a superhero, and referenced the existence of an alternate universe.
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