--- title: Kanye West Gets Booed After Saying He Supports Trump description: Kanye West left fans less than impressed after a rambling commentary in which he said that black people should "stop focussing on racism." canonical: https://time.com/4576231/kanye-west-booed-trump/ author: Suyin Haynes article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-18T13:40:23.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:48.009Z og:title: Kanye West Gets Booed After Saying He Supports Trump og:description: Kanye West left fans less than impressed after a rambling commentary in which he said that black people should "stop focussing on racism." og:url: https://time.com/4576231/kanye-west-booed-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1fa35bd9fe8e4aa/6988af0acf40a83c45c459d8/gettyimages-612082096.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: The Meadows Music & Arts Festival - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kanye West Gets Booed After Saying He Supports Trump twitter:description: Kanye West left fans less than impressed after a rambling commentary in which he said that black people should "stop focussing on racism." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1fa35bd9fe8e4aa/6988af0acf40a83c45c459d8/gettyimages-612082096.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kanye West Booed After Saying He Would Have Voted For Trump by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 18, 2016 1:40 PM UTC  Kanye West performs onstage during The Meadows Music & Arts Festival on Oct. 2, 2016 in Queens, New York. Kanye West performs onstage during The Meadows Music & Arts Festival on Oct. 2, 2016 in Queens, New York.Taylor Hill—Getty Images for The Meadows by [Suyin Haynes](https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/) ## Suyin Haynes Nov 18, 2016 1:40 PM UTC Kanye West left some fans less than impressed at a concert on Thursday night in California, after a rambling commentary in which he said that black people should “stop focusing on racism.” The singer also voiced his support for U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, who said “I told you all I didn’t vote right? … But if I were to have voted, I would have voted for Trump,” in the speech at the Saint Pablo Tour gig in San Jose, which [drew numerous boos](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/celebrity/kanye-west-says-he-would-ve-voted-donald-trump-brands-n685741?cid=sm%5Ftw) from the crowd. “Specifically to black people, stop focusing on racism,” the rapper said. “This world is racist ok? Let’s stop being distracted…it’s just a f— fact, we are in a racist country, period.” The rapper also apparently reiterated his intention to run for the [presidency in 2020](http://time.com/4048824/kanye-west-running-for-president/?iid=sr-link1). He did not specify a political party. Concert-goers and commentators on social media filmed West’s commentary and provided their own reactions. > [](https://twitter.com/billycrossover/status/799519080483057664) > [](https://twitter.com/RaptorJesuss/status/799502353653186561) > [](https://twitter.com/myblackmindd/status/799530680602525696) > [](https://twitter.com/boczkuss/status/799590038405136384) West’s erratic speech comes after a widely reported feud with Jay-Z last month, who [supported Hillary Clinton’s campaign](http://time.com/4559543/hillary-clinton-rally-beyonce-jay-z/?iid=sr-link1) for the presidency along with wife Beyoncé. In a similar speech onstage last month, [West attacked his _Watch the Throne_ collaborator](http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music/kanye-jay-z-won-album-due-apple-tidal-feud-article-1.2838511) for failing to follow up with his family after Kim Kardashian-West was [robbed at gunpoint](http://time.com/4516165/kim-kardashian-held-up-at-gunpoint-in-paris-hotel-room/?iid=sr-link5) in Paris. Earlier this year, West also [vented his frustrations with Tidal](http://time.com/4433313/kanye-west-apple-tidal-jayz/?iid=sr-link1), the music streaming service created and owned by Jay-Z, in an expletive-laden stream of tweets. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4576231/kanye-west-booed-trump/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4576231/kanye-west-booed-trump/"},"headline":"Kanye West Booed After Saying He Would Have Voted For Trump","datePublished":"2016-11-18T13:40:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:48.009Z","description":"He also urged black people to \"stop focusing on racism\"","url":"https://time.com/4576231/kanye-west-booed-trump/","keywords":["Newsfeed","celebrities","Music","Jay-z","Kanye West","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1fa35bd9fe8e4aa/6988af0acf40a83c45c459d8/gettyimages-612082096.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Suyin Haynes","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/suyin-haynes/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte1fa35bd9fe8e4aa/6988af0acf40a83c45c459d8/gettyimages-612082096.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The Meadows Music & Arts Festival - Day 2","caption":"The Meadows Music & Arts Festival - Day 2","creditText":"Taylor Hill—Getty Images for The Meadows","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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4576231/kanye-west-booed-trump/","name":"Kanye West Booed After Saying He Would Have Voted For Trump"}}]}] ```