Kanye West announced his intention to run in the 2020 presidential election on the Fourth of July, much to the chagrin of Democrats. Although it’s much too late in the game to truly have a real shot at the White House, Ye has pressed forward with his plans and attempted to get on as many ballots as possible.
Meanwhile, Kanye’s Twitter fingers continue to stay busy and now, DaBaby is caught up in his web. On Tuesday (August 11), Ye fired off a tweet that read “Let’s goooooo” and quickly explained it was “Da baby ad lib by the way.”
Early Wednesday morning (August 12), the Charlotte-bred rapper noticed the tweets and replied with, “Warning! Use the ‘let’s goooo’ adlib at your own risk. It makes you unstoppable.”
Warning ⚠️
Use the “let’s gooo” adlib at your own risk. It makes you unstoppable.
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) August 12, 2020
But that wasn’t an issue. It was what DaBaby said after the initial response that riled up Twitter.
“Ima let y’all finish,” he wrote. “But you got me fucked up you think I ain’t voting for Ye.
Ima let y’all finish….
But you got me fucked up you think I ain’t voting for Ye. ??
— DaBaby (@DaBabyDaBaby) August 12, 2020
Kanye has been accused of trying to sabotage Democratic hopeful Joe Biden who just announced Kamala Harris as his pick for vice-president this week. The belief is the more votes Ye is able to steal from Biden, the better chance Donald Trump will have of getting re-elected.
Up until July, Ye has been an outspoken supporter of Trump and even sported the infamous “Make America Great Again” hat on numerous occasions. But during an interview with Forbes, which was described as “four hours of rambling,” Ye said he no longer backed Trump and promised to take the MAGA hat off.
“It looks like one big mess to me,” he said. “I don’t like that I caught wind that he hid in the bunker … I am taking the red hat off, with this interview.”
Needless to say, the damage has already been done. Anyone supporting Kanye for president is often met with a healthy dose of backlash and DaBaby is no exception. Check out some of the reactions below.
Congratulations you played yourself
— Peter Rosenberg (@Rosenbergradio) August 12, 2020
DaBaby is so ignorant for using his platform to say something that irresponsible. The last thing America needs right now is Kanye West as president. This is all an elaborate plot to distract & divert the Black vote, so that Trump wins again.
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) August 12, 2020
Y’all rappers really ain’t useful for nothing huh lmao https://t.co/KXdphVZ8r8
— BlackVinceVaughn (@YourMusicWhore) August 12, 2020
Please stop endorsing this message! I love ye, but he is in no condition to run a country. pic.twitter.com/NfQpFCICXp
— BLM ✊? (@upinvoguee) August 12, 2020
DaBaby out here doing DaMost for a Kanye feature. You hate to see it. https://t.co/SmTDCz94Cy
— NUFF (@nuffsaidny) August 12, 2020
Please don’t take political advice from a man who isn’t tall enough to reach the voting booth and intelligence isn’t deep enough to understand the consequences of having Kanye in office while Dababy’s very fan base of young and Black people will be the ones that will suffer. https://t.co/7Xv07dIXPx
— Dev, The Haitian ??? (@ThoughtsFromDev) August 12, 2020
DaBaby career flailing. He tweeted that cause he wanna go to Kanye farm and make music with him.
— ImTwoToBlame (@ThatBlameGuy) August 12, 2020
get dababy off this list he’s voting for kanye like a worthless fad pic.twitter.com/tQiYfRwFFD
— ??????? | BABY OUT 8/21 (@stainedglassx) August 12, 2020
Now DaBaby wants to vote for Kanye. Stop telling celebrities to be involved in politics, ESPECIALLY the ones of today. These celebs are not cut from the same cloth as Aretha, Kareem, Muhammad Ali, and so on.
— water. (@_blackaquarius) August 12, 2020
DaBaby is dabiggest fucking idiot for backing Kanye and his nonsense.
— midnight. (@ayoelle) August 12, 2020
Wow…. this is the last thing we need. I was die hard DaBaby fan. But damn idk bout this. Y’all please let’s not waste our vote , voting for Kanye!!! It’s going to take away from someone who can beat trump out of office. https://t.co/woda2G2r8t
— jullezfbaby (@JullyeJullez) August 12, 2020