Ben Carson 'exremely impressed' with Kanye West

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson says that he met with Kanye West and that he was impressed with the rapper.

Sep 28, 2015

Republican presidential hopeful Ben Carson says that he met with Kanye West and that he was impressed with the rapper. In fact, he was impressed enough to give West a shot at the presidency in 2020.

“Well, I am certainly willing to give him a chance,” Carson told ABC News. “He’ll be able to explain things and see if he resonates with the people.”

“I did have an opportunity to talk with him. I was extremely impressed with his business acumen. He knows a lot about business,” Carson continued. “I talked to him about the possibility of maybe himself and some of the other people in pop culture doing some music that might be uplifting that might give young women a sense of their value and young men a sense of responsibility. I think it could be a tremendous thing in our society.”

It seems like the admiration goes both ways, too.

“When I run for president, I’d prefer not to run against someone. I would be like ‘I want to work with you,” West said in Vanity Fair. “As soon as I heard [Ben] Carson speak, I tried for three weeks to get on the phone with him. I was like this is the most brilliant guy.”