--- title: Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Announces He’s Running for President description: He released a campaign video canonical: https://time.com/3829536/waka-flocka-flame-campaign-video/ author: Entertainment Weekly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-04-21T15:28:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:44:09.403Z og:title: Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Announces He's Running for President og:description: He released a campaign video og:url: https://time.com/3829536/waka-flocka-flame-campaign-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt266c2cb0e5e74967/6987ec0b0b72e346896e1982/489100345-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Rapper Waka Flocka Flame prepares to shoot the video for "Rage The Night Away" in Los Angeles on March 18, 2014. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Announces He's Running for President twitter:description: He released a campaign video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt266c2cb0e5e74967/6987ec0b0b72e346896e1982/489100345-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Rapper Waka Flocka Flame Announces He's Running for President > Sponsored content. 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Chelsea Lauren—Getty Images by [Madison Vain / Entertainment Weekly](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Madison Vain / Entertainment Weekly Apr 21, 2015 3:28 PM UTC Waka Flocka Flame took time out of his favorite holiday (4/20) to make a special announcement Monday. Via _Rolling Stone_, [the Queens-born “No Hands” rapper](http://www.rollingstone.com/music/videos/waka-flocka-flame-for-president-watch-his-exclusive-campaign-video-20150420) announced he’s making good on his 2012 [tweet](https://twitter.com/WakaFlockabsm/status/266037267548741635): “I’m dead a– running for president in 2016.” In his campaign video, Flame discusses early initiatives like the legalization of marijuana (“The president gotta have a big, fat old blunt”), banning dogs from restaurants (“I don’t want to see no f—ing animal in the restaurant ever again”), and barring people with big feet from walking in public (“They gotta take trains, cabs, and buses”)—oh, and plan on learning all his lyrics at a young age. 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