--- title: Kanye West: Barack Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye description: President Barack Obama gave Kanye West some political advice at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Saturday morning canonical: https://time.com/4069257/obama-kanye-west-president-advice/ author: Sam Frizell article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-10T20:28:44.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T11:41:47.437Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: President Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye West og:description: The rapper has said he will run for President in 2020 og:url: https://time.com/4069257/obama-kanye-west-president-advice/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef44a6154b304952/698867cd196cf4ddee03878e/gettyimages-482241128.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Jeezy Presents TM101: 10 Year Anniversary Concert og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye West twitter:description: The rapper has said he will run for President in 2020 twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef44a6154b304952/698867cd196cf4ddee03878e/gettyimages-482241128.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye West > Sponsored content. 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Kanye West performs at Jeezy Presents TM101: 10 Year Anniversary Concert at The Fox Theatre on July 25, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia.Prince Williams—WireImage/Getty Images by [Sam Frizell](https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Oct 10, 2015 8:28 PM UTC President Barack Obama gave Kanye West some political advice at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Saturday morning, poking light fun at the hip-hop artist’s announcement that he is considering running for president in 2020. West headlined as a performer at the Democratic National Committee event, which drew about 1,300 people who paid between $250-$10,000 a person to attend, and included an appearance by the Golden State Warriors and their NBA championship trophy, according to the [_Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-offers-advice-presidential-hopeful-831211). Obama called West, who has announced plans to run for President in 2020 during the [MTV Video Music Awards](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9x92nwGf%5FM): “In a little while you are going to hear from a guy who is thinking about getting into politics,” Obama said. “You may have heard that Kanye is thinking about running \[for\] speaker of the house. It couldn’t get any stranger. In case Kanye is serious about this whole POTUS thing, or as Kanye calls it, ‘peezy.'” Then, the word of advice: “You got to deal with strange characters who behave as if they are on a reality TV show,” a reference to Kanye’s wife, reality star Kim Kardashian. Obama continued, “Saying you have a beautiful dark twisted fantasy, that’s what’s known as off message in politics.” He then joked to the audience, “Do you really think this country is going to elect a black guy form the south side of Chicago with a funny name to be president of the US?” \[[Hollywood Reporter](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/obama-offers-advice-presidential-hopeful-831211)\] Kanye West: Barack Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4069257/obama-kanye-west-president-advice/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4069257/obama-kanye-west-president-advice/"},"headline":"President Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye West","datePublished":"2015-10-10T20:28:44.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T11:41:47.437Z","description":"\"You got to deal with strange characters who behave as if they are on a reality TV show\"","url":"https://time.com/4069257/obama-kanye-west-president-advice/","keywords":["White House","President","democratic party"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef44a6154b304952/698867cd196cf4ddee03878e/gettyimages-482241128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltef44a6154b304952/698867cd196cf4ddee03878e/gettyimages-482241128.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jeezy Presents TM101: 10 Year Anniversary Concert","caption":"Jeezy Presents TM101: 10 Year Anniversary Concert","creditText":"Prince Williams—WireImage/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4069257/obama-kanye-west-president-advice/","name":"President Obama Gives Political Advice to Kanye West"}}]}] ```