Rapper Soulja Boy Teases Potential Presidential Run in 2028, Reveals 4 Issues His Platform Will Focus On
Soulja Boy is touting he could also be operating for President of the United States within the close to future.
The 36-year-old rapper shared his plan on Saturday (October 10) with a publish on Instagram, that includes a photograph of himself standing in entrance of a US flag.
“A brand new chapter. A much bigger imaginative and prescient. A dedication to creating alternatives for the subsequent technology.
My focus is on 4 issues: financial alternative, felony justice reform, schooling, and the way forward for expertise and AI.
From music to enterprise to expertise, I’ve all the time believed in considering larger and difficult what’s potential.
Now I’m exploring what it means to convey that very same imaginative and prescient to public service.
The future begins with a dialog.” – Soulja Boy by way of Instagram
After his publish gained some traction, he reposted a number of headlines speaking about his social media publish teasing his potential political transfer.
What different rappers have ran for president?
Soulja Boy isn’t the primary rapper to pursue a profession in politics, and even run for president.
Most just lately and prominently, Kanye West introduced he was operating for president in 2020 with a publish on Twitter/X. He launched his marketing campaign in July 2020, after lacking the deadline to be on the poll as a third-party candidate in at the very least six states. After qualifying to be on the poll in 13 states, he continued to pursue the presidency, however after failing to obtain sufficient votes, he conceded his run the day after Election Day.
Kanye then introduced in 2022 that he would run once more within the 2024 presidential election, however in late 2023, a spokesperson revealed he was not actively a candidate.
Other rappers who’ve made the try embrace Afroman, who filed paperwork in 2024, and Waka Flocka Flame in 2015, although he didn’t meet the constitutional age requirement of 35 years previous on the time. Wyclef Jean additionally tried to run for president, however in his residence nation of Haiti.
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