{"id":10509,"date":"2015-10-11T05:59:11","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T05:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=10509"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:11:15","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:11:15","slug":"kanye-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/kanye-obama","title":{"rendered":"President Obama Gives Kanye West Some Tips For A Successful Political Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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After he won the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, the pop star gave an incredibly long acceptance speech during which he said:\u00a0<em>\u201cAnd yes, as you probably could have guessed by this moment, I have decided in 2020 to run for president.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0On Saturday, President Obama, who was speaking at an event where Kanye West performed as well, gave political advice to Mr. West.<\/p>\n<h2>Politics and reality TV share similarities<\/h2>\n<div class=\"clipper-all-content .clipper--ready\">\n<p>During his speech at a Democratic National Committee\u00a0fundraiser held in San Francisco, President Barack Obama poked fun at Kanye West.\u00a0<em>\u201cIn a little while you are going to hear from a guy who is thinking about getting into politics,\u201d<\/em> Obama said. <em>\u201cYou may have heard that Kanye is thinking about running [for] speaker of the house. It couldn\u2019t get any stranger. In case Kanye is serious about this whole POTUS thing, or as Kanye calls it, \u2018Peezy.&#8217;\u201d <\/em>President Obama shared his first piece of advice, referring to Kim Kardashian and the <em>Keeping Up With the Kardashians<\/em>\u00a0reality show:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;You got to deal with some strange characters who behave like they&#8217;re on a reality TV show&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10510\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10510\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10510\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/article-2146101-1325FDC5000005DC-368_634x420.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/article-2146101-1325FDC5000005DC-368_634x420.jpg 634w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/article-2146101-1325FDC5000005DC-368_634x420-600x397.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/article-2146101-1325FDC5000005DC-368_634x420-85x56.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/i\/pix\/2012\/05\/17\/article-2146101-1325FDC5000005DC-368_634x420.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clipper-all-content .clipper--ready\">\n<h2 class=\"clipper--hidden\">Staying politically correct<\/h2>\n<p class=\"clipper--hidden\">Referring to Kanye West&#8217;s 5th studio album called\u00a0<i>My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,\u00a0<\/i>Obama gave Kanye another tip:<i>\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"clipper--hidden\">\u201cSecond &#8211; this is the second important tip &#8211; saying you have a beautiful, dark, twisted fantasy, that\u2019s what\u2019s known as off-message in politics [&#8230;] you can\u2019t say something like that. A lot of people have lost their congressional seats saying things like this. We don\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10511\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10511\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10511\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Pop_Kanye_Pres_R1.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Pop_Kanye_Pres_R1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Pop_Kanye_Pres_R1-600x300.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/Pop_Kanye_Pres_R1-85x43.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10511\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tonguechic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Pop_Kanye_Pres_R1.jpg\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"clipper--hidden\">Running against the odds<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"clipper--hidden\">Then, the president, who also is a black man from Chicago with a non-conventional first name, jokingly said in front of the\u00a0crowd of approximately 1300 people:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"clipper--hidden\">\u201cNumber three,\u00a0do you really think that this country is going to elect a black guy from the South Side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the United States?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10512\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10512\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-10512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/hqdefault-2.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/10\/hqdefault-2.jpg 475w, 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