Kanye West made yet another bold statement on his timeline Tuesday afternoon (Feb. 16). After his revealing streams of consciousness about debt and creativity, the rapper dedicated several hundred characters to education, lowering textbook prices and raising teachers’ salaries.
Kanye West Shakes Off Debt in Twitter Binge: ‘Money Doesn’t Make Me Who I Am’
“Education puts Americans into debt before they even get a chance to get started,” Kanye tweeted, even citing a friend who is a teacher and makes $370 a day while struggling to afford her son’s school supplies. “We have to lower the price of textbooks… I’d rather teachers got paid more and books cost less … #2020”
Last August, Mr. West put in his presidential bid at the MTV Video Music Awards. “I have decided in 2020 to run for president,” he said.
If this Twitter campaign is any indication for West’s forthcoming education-reform plan in the next four years, he may just be on to something.
I have a friend who works really hard and makes $370 dollars a day…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
Her son just got in a really good school and his textbooks are like $400 dollars each …
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
I mean, his mom has to work 2 days just to afford 1 book for her son …
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
Steve Jobs wanted to lower the cost of textbooks…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
Education puts Americans into debt before they even get a chance to get started…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
We have to lower the price of textbooks…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016
I’d rather teachers got paid more and books cost less … #2020
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016