West made the announcement at the end of a 10-minute
speech where he discussed visiting the grocery store with his
daughter and admitted that he does not understand awards
shows.
“And yes, as you probably could’ve guessed in this moment,
I’ve decided in 2020 to run for president,” West said, before
walking off stage.
West famously stormed the stage at the 2009 awards to
protest Taylor Swift’s win for best female video. Swift
presented the Video Vanguard award to West on Sunday
night and stood next to his wife Kim Kardashian during the
speech.
After accepting the award on stage, West stood silently for
several minutes under a spotlight while the crowd cheered
for him. “Bro, bro, listen to the kids,” West began.
In his speech, West rehashed the controversy in 2009, when
he took Swift’s award.
He said that it is something he thinks
about in the grocery store with his daughter and when a
crowd of 60,000 people boo him at a baseball game.
“I think if I had to do it all again, what would I have done?”
Kanye said. “Would I have worn a leather shirt? Would I have
drank a half a bottle of Hennessy and given the rest to the
crowd?”
He then asked if he would do it if he had had a daughter at
the time, as he does now, would he have taken the award
from Swift. At no point in the speech did he give a clear
answer to those four questions.
Six years later, West said it does not make sense to him why
“five artists” are given the opportunity to attend awards
ceremonies where they can lose. “I still don’t understand
awards shows,” West said.
West also acknowledged that his comments might make the
audience wonder about whether he was intoxicated.
“‘Did you smoke something before coming out here?’” West
said.
“The answer is yes, I rolled up a little something to
knock the edge off.”
Shortly after, he announced his run for president. - African Leadership Magazine
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