Kanye Shows Love To Donald Trump; Shows Off Autographed "MAGA" Hat

Kanye West has officially aligned himself with Donald Trump.

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On Wednesday morning, Kanye sent out a series of tweets where he made it clear that he was a Trump supporter and no one’s opinion was going to change his feelings. “You don’t have to agree with trump but the mob can’t make me not love him,” said the rapper in one of the tweets. Kanye’s trip to Trump Tower in December 2016 had raised eyebrows.

The rapper has been the topic of discussion lately with his appreciation of black conservative commentator Candace Owens and openly telling Ebro on Hot 97 that he loves Donald Trump. “We are both dragon energy. He is my brother,” ‘Ye continued. “I love everyone. I don’t agree with everything anyone does. That’s what makes us individuals,” he further said.

You don't have to agree with trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I love everyone. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought.
— ye (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

my wife just called me and she wanted me to make this clear to everyone. I don't agree with everything Trump does. I don't agree 100% with anyone but myself.
— ye (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

If your friend jumps off the bridge you don't have to do the same. Ye being Ye is a fight for you to be you. For people In my life the idea of Trump is pretty much a 50 50 split but I don't tell a Hillary supporter not to support Hillary
I love Hillary too.
— ye (@kanyewest) April 25, 2018

Thank you Kanye, very cool! https://t.co/vRIC87M21X
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 25, 2018

“Thank you Kanye, very cool!” he wrote on Wednesday (April 25) in response to the rapper’s latest tweet about his “love” for “brother” Trump. Kanye further tweeted a photo of himself in the company of Universal Music Group chairman and CEO Lucian Grainge and YouTube’s global head of music Lyor Cohen where he’s wearing the “Make America Great Again” hat. He then showed off his Trump-autographed hat in a separate tweet.

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/989227154993963009

https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/989222392630202368

J. Cole is one of the artists who has reacted to the episode.

"These are our heroes" – @nas
— J. Cole (@JColeNC) April 25, 2018

Kanye also seems to have lost close to 10 million followers on Twitter after the Trump tweets. Down from 28 million to 18.7 million at the time of publishing this article.

UPDATE: Lyor Cohen has released a statement about his meeting with Kanye:

“I went to listen to music and see Kanye. He is someone I care about. I don’t abandon people. With great music comes great pain and stress. The music is incredible!”