He has already thrown his hat into the ring - whether seriously or as a publicity-generating exercise - to run for President in 2020, and now Kanye West has stirred controversy by publicly praising Donald Trump.
The rapper had what sounds like an utterly bizarre gig in San Jose, California last night, where Vulture report that he came on late, repeatedly stopped mid-way through songs to go on rants about the 'paradigm shift' that's happening in America, apologise to Nike for statements that he's made, give out to people for dancing during a song, and yes - call Donald Trump a 'genius'.
He allegedly said that he'd been a Trump supporter for a while, but Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun had advised him not to make his feelings known until after the election, and that he would have voted for Trump - if he had bothered to vote.
Sounds like you need to go and have a lie down, Kanye.
Kanye just stopped Jesus Walks, talking about how Trump is a genius.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016
Kanyes gotten through 5 songs in a row, he just stopped again, Kanye says "I wanted to vote for Trump", says he respects Hillary supporters.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016
Kanye said as a black man and as a celebrity he felt persecuted for supporting Trump, feels vindicated.
— Raptor (@RaptorJesuss) November 18, 2016
Tonight was one of the craziest events I've been to. Kanye said he didn't vote. He's running for president. He thinks Trump is a genius
— Cool Hand Luke (@LukeLopiccolo) November 18, 2016
Kanye just said that Trump's approach was absolutely genius because it worked. Now we're on Flashing Lights.
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) November 18, 2016