It looks like Kanye West may not have dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. According to TMZ, an individual named Andre Bodiford filed Form 1 “Statement of Organization” with the Federal Election Commission on yesterday (July 15th), which established “a principal campaign committee” for West.
The document listed the music and fashion as the BDY (Birthday) Party candidate for November's election, and named Bodiford as the campaign Custodian of Records and Treasurer. Later, the Oklahoma State Election board confirmed that West had secured a spot on the state's general election ballot.
A rep for West told People that he had submitted a “Statement of Candidacy” and paid the $35,000 filing fee to run as an independent candidate.
KANYE'S TWITTER ACCOUNT HACKED
In other news, Kanye's Twitter account was hacked yesterday afternoon (July 15th) in what appears to be a cryptocurrency scam. Other hgh profile Twitter users like Joe Biden, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Barack Obama and Elon Musk's Twitter accounts were hacked as well.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the accounts all tweeted similar messages offering to “give back to the community” in what appeared to be a cryptocurrency scam. They later shared a Bitcoin wallet address and told Twitter users that they would double any amount sent in.
Twitter Support later posted that it was aware of the security incident, saying, “We are investigating and taking steps to fix it. We will update everyone shortly.”
