Kanye West announces his 2024 presidential candidacy

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By Mark SavageBBC Music Correspondent

Rapper Kanye West said he intended to run for President of the United States in 2024, despite several scandals related to his recent behavior.

The star, who legally changed his name in Ye, posted a video of his campaign logo on social media alongside the caption Ye 24.

He also claimed to have asked Donald Trump to be his running mate.

West previously ran for president in 2020, but that campaign fell through, drawing a meager 70,000 votes.

His latest claims appeared in a video released after West was spotted at Trump's Mar-A-Lago Golf Club earlier this week, accompanied by Nick Fuentes, a prominent white nationalist.

Wes t said his request for a running mate left the former president, who recently launched his own "most disturbed" re-election campaign.

In a video titled Mar -A-Lago Debrief, West said: "Trump started to yelling at me at the table, telling me I'm going to lose. Has this ever worked for anyone in the story?"