Kanye West loses Twitter fans

The rapper hints at a wider conspiracy theory about why he now has less followers

KANYE West has lost over 100 000 followers on Twitter and has claimed he was “held” at the lower level for weeks.

The Bound 2 rapper dropped from 31 million followers to 30.9 million and he has said he has been “held” at that level, seemingly hinting at a wider conspiracy theory while he has less followers.

Taking to the microblogging platform, he shared a screenshot of his profile and wrote alongside it: “I was at 31 million followers 4 weeks ago and now I’ve been held at 30.9 million followers for the last 4 weeks.”

Meanwhile, West recently insisted he believes God wants him to run for president of the US.

The 43-year-old said: “I believe that my calling is to be the leader of the free world. “Even though I’m the pastor for however big my audience is in hip-hop, in music or just as an influencer or celebrity, a dad and a husband in my house – there couldn’t be a better time to put a visionary in the captain’s chair. And that’s not to say we haven’t had visionaries before.

West also explained why he registered late as a presidential candidate.

He told the Joe Rogan Experience podcast: “Why did I register so late to run for president? Covid. I had the virus and I was sitting in quarantine in my house and my cousin texts me about being prepared to run for president.

“And I just completely put it off to the side ‘cause I was like shivering and having the shakes and taking hot showers and eating soup. … (coronavirus) threw everyone off.

Earlier this month, West released his official campaign advertisement, in which he promised to “build a stronger country”.