Rapper Kanye West’s on-and-off political operation is back on, with right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos at the helm once again five months after being ousted by his far-right rivals.
West’s virulently anti-Semitic media tour last year generated headlines more for West’s dinner with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes and Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago and his effusive praise for Adolf Hitler than for any concrete political moves. Last month, a filmmaker hired by West said the rapper had lost interest in becoming any candidate for office, claiming that West said “I just want to be left alone.”
But now two sources close to West’s political operation tell The Daily Beast that he’s once again interested in politics, and is bringing Yiannopoulos back into his orbit while pushing two other far-right leaders out.
