Chance The Rapper evolved into a trending Twitter topic on Monday (July 13) after an early morning retweet sent the social media platform into a frenzy.
Only hours after fellow Chicago native Kanye West teased a new song called “Donda,” Lil Chano retweeted the clip and suggested ‘Ye would be a better option than Joe Biden in terms of replacing current POTUS Donald Trump.
“And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden,” he wrote in the caption. “Smfh.”
And yall out here tryna convince me to vote for Biden. Smfh https://t.co/JgbGBmPQk5
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
Chance continued, “Are u more pro biden or anti ye and why? I get that you’ll want to reply that you’re just tryna ‘get trump out’ but in this hypothetical scenario where you’re replacing Trump, can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better??”
After stating many of the people commenting were “racist,” he added, “I finally got the answer now. I understand. Y’all trust Biden more than y’all trust Ye. I think I understand why, I just don’t feel the same way.”
Are u more pro biden or anti ye and why? I get that you’ll want to reply that you’re just tryna “get trump out” but in this hypothetical scenario where you’re replacing Trump, can someone explain why Joe Biden would be better??
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
I finally got the answer now. I understand. Yall trust Biden more than yall trust Ye. I think I understand why, I just don’t feel the same way.
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
As Twitter began to challenge Chance, he took advantage of his trending status.
“I didnt plan on trending today,” he wrote. “but I would like take this opportunity to say: with all these apologies and accountabilities going around the city of Chicago and the Chicago Police Dept should finally admit to and denounce the assassination of Fred Hampton.”
I didnt plan on trending today, but I would like take this opportunity to say: with all these apologies and accountabilities going around the city of Chicago and the Chicago Police Dept should finally admit to and denounce the assassination of Fred Hampton
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
Chano then seemingly defended Ye from those not convinced he even has what it takes to run the country.
“I also always felt a way about people using the word ‘presidential,’” he said. “Like a nigga acting or not acting presidential. Was Andrew Jackson acting presidential??”
I also always felt a way about people using the word “presidential”. Like a nigga acting or not acting presidential. Was Andrew Jackson acting presidential??
— Chance The Rapper (@chancetherapper) July 13, 2020
Kanye announced his intention to run in the 2020 presidential election on the Fourth Of July — despite not filling out any of the proper paperwork to actually make it a reality. In a conversation with Forbes, which was described as “four hours of rambling interviews,” he proclaimed he was running as part of “The Birthday Party” and disavowed his support for Trump.
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Consequently, his family is reportedly worried he’s in the middle of a bipolar episode. Meanwhile, Twitter is outraged Chance would push Kanye as a candidate because he could not only split to vote and help re-elect Trump, but many believe he’s simply not mentally stable.
Check out some of the reactions below.
Damn you're falling for the division trap too ??♂️
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) July 13, 2020
If you use your platform to encourage Black people to vote for Kanye West, who has no chance of being elected to office, you will simply help re-elect racist Donald Trump.
— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 13, 2020
He's a good rapper and producer, but he's mentally unstable and has no chance of winning considering that it's past the deadline in multiple states for him to register. Pushing this on your platform is going to take votes away from Biden and get Trump re-elected. Please stop.
— DJ Vlad – VladTV.com (@djvlad) July 13, 2020
chance i love you but shut the fuck up
— Professor Finesser™ (@AlmightyPerkins) July 13, 2020
So Chance the Rapper thinks we should vote for Kanye because Ye’s mom listenend to KRS-1 and he knows him? pic.twitter.com/YuovrViwot
— KAMERON (@kameronsaidit) July 13, 2020
Chance the Rapper is a clown for entertaining the Ye shit during the most consequential election of the century, but it does give me great comfort to see his headassery getting ratio-ed and called out.
Most agree that this isn’t the time to fuck around.
— ?? ????? ? (@ArmsNdTabletops) July 13, 2020
I really thought Chance the Rapper was a rational person. Damn ? pic.twitter.com/oWyyDqqhUB
— JDProspective (@JDBeeat) July 13, 2020