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Kanye West Gives $73K To Chicago Mayoral Candidate Amara Enyia

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; there’s no secret that Kanye set has been in the news a lot lately&comma; but this time it’s for something I think we can all agree is pretty cool&period; According to &commat;ChicagoTribune&comma; Ye has made a pretty generous donation to the campaign of &num;AmaraEnyia to the tune of &dollar;73&comma;540&period;00&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you’re not familiar with Amara&comma; she’s been publicly back by another famous Chicago native in &num;ChanceTheRapper as she sets her sights on becoming the next Mayor of Chicago&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Before Chance came forward and publicly endorsed Amara&comma; she was reportedly facing thousands of dollars in fines from the Illinois State Board of Elections&period; Apparently&comma; Amara was told in order for her to run for Mayor she would have to have &dollar;73&comma;540 fine debt paid in full by December 20th&period; Coincidentally that is the exact number Kanye donated to her campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Thankfully now that her fines are paid for Amara can move forward with her Mayoral process&period; In a statement released by Amara’s campaign thanked Kanye West for his generosity&comma; saying&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Amara Enyia campaign thanks Chicago native&comma; Kanye West&comma; for his generous action&comma;” the statement read&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Amara’s campaign is energizing people around the city with bold ideas and solutions that move Chicago forward&period; We are excited to engage people of all walks of life as we focus our efforts on getting on the ballot&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Kanye has been very open about his political views&comma; especially with his relationship with current President &num;DonaldTrump&period; Most recently he visited the White House to express his admiration for Trump&period; Though Amara is only running for Mayor of Chicago&comma; it seems Kanye is trying to make a change in his community and may be the start of even greater changes to the Chicago area&period; Regardless of the latest news&comma; this is a good look for Ye&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; 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