Kanye West

Kanye West recently released a new campaign ad where he urges Americans to work together and turn to their faith. He also released a new song detailing his presidential campaign. 

Kanye West asserted that Planned Parenthood was founded by White Supremacists to target the Black community.

Among this year's Dove Award nominees are Kanye West, Gloria Gaynor, Lauren Daigle and For King & Country. While For King & Country received five nominations, Daigle received four, West received three and Gaynor received one.

Editor's Note: This article (publication date: August 7, 2020) is part of a series leading up to the 2020 presidential election highlighting the professed faith of several of the candidates running for President, including Donald Trump, Joe Biden, and Kanye West. Christian Headlines offers these faith summaries as a way of informing voters about the religious beliefs of the candidates.

Rap singer and presidential candidate Kanye West has faced both criticism and praise as he continues his run for the presidential seat.

In many states, West has filed petitions and paid fees to be placed on the ballot as an independent candidate in November. West is running under the BDY, The Birthday Party.

Most notably, West’s latest campaign event and his 2019 album, Jesus Is King, have shown West’s complex relationship with religion.

Here are five things to know about West’s faith.

Here are 5 things Christians should know about Kanye West:

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During a rally over the weekend, Kanye West suggested that Israeli people pay African mothers $1 million each if they choose to carry their child to term instead of having an abortion.

In an interview with Forbes magazine this week, Kanye West offered details about his presidential campaign platform.

Over the weekend, award-winning rapper Kanye West announced that he would be running for President in 2020.

Kanye West just dropped a new faith-based song called "Wash Us in the Blood." The award-winning artist also announced the name of his upcoming Christian album, God's Country.

The singer set up a college savings fund for the 6-year-old daughter of George Floyd, a man who was recently killed when a police officer knelt on his neck. West also made donations to legal services for Floyd, as well as Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.

While recently performing, rapper Kanye West claimed that some music labels won't even allow artists to speak Jesus' name.