Joe Rogan questions Kanye\u2019s \u201ccalling to be leader of the free world\u201d Joe Rogan ExperienceKanye West sat down for one of the most anticipated interviews of the year on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, where he explained why he\u2019s got a \u201ccalling to be the leader of the free world.\u201d Kanye West is most known for being a famous rapper and entrepreneur, but the musician is also a top-level fashion designer, architect, and, of course, a 2020 presidential candidate. While he first announced his political ambitions at the 2015 MTV Awards, West has now revealed that it actually started while he was in deep thought during a shower. \u201cIt hit me in the shower, and when I first thought of it I just started like, laughing to myself,\u201d Kanye said. \u201cSome people in the music industry, some tech elites, they just took it as a joke. I remember running into Oprah like two days after that and she\u2019s like \u2018you don\u2019t want to be president.\u2019\u201d Timestamp at 3:59 for mobile viewers. According to the rapper, despite Oprah\u2019s doubts, the outcome of the 2016 United States presidential election further encouraged him to pursue the highest office in the land as a political outsider. \u201cI believe that my calling is to be the leader of the free world,\u201d Kanye told Rogan, dead serious. \u201cIf it\u2019s in God\u2019s plan that part of my path is to be the governor [of California] first, then that\u2019s fine, but my calling is to be the leader of the free world.\u201d Rogan was definitely intrigued by what Ye referred to as his \u201ccalling,\u201d but thoroughly questioned what the star would really change or be different than politicians before him. \u201cSo when you say this, when you say your calling is to be the leader of the free world, what does that mean to you?\u201d the host replied. \u201cWhat would be different about the way you would handle things if that\u2019s your plan, why is that your calling? Like, what would you do as the leader of the free world?\u201d \u201cThere couldn\u2019t be a better time to put a visionary in the captain\u2019s chair,\u201d Kanye argued back, in one of his more memorable quotes from the show. \u201cI manifest, I see things, I\u2019m a great leader because I listen, and I\u2019m empathetic, I feel the entire Earth, and I feel us as a species, as the human race.\u201d The interview is a marathon at just under three hours long all stemming from this initial exchange, so if you want to hear the Yeezy founder talk all about his plans, ideas, and visions for the future, all along with what he would do as the leader of the free world, there is plenty here to go off of. After initially canceling the interview because a member of his staff fell ill, Rogan and West managed to reschedule and it\u2019s a good thing they did because after watching this, it definitely feels like we\u2019ve been granted a very rare look inside the mind of Kanye like never before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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