Buuxi weedhan soo socota: West wuxuu markii ugu horreysay qeyb ka mid ah heesta ku soo bandhigay bandhig faneed bishii Agoosto 2008 ee ONE Campaign ee ka dhacay DNC ee Denver, Colorado. Ka hor inta uusan ku ciyaarin "Heartless" oo loogu talagalay T.I.'s MySpace oo lagu maalgeliyay riwaayad ka dhacday Key Club, Los Angeles, Oktoobar 2008, West wuxuu ku dhawaaqay in "808s & Heartbreak" ay ku dhammaatay Hawaii heestiina waxaa loo sii deyn doonaa hal. si kedis ah ayuu u joojiyay bandhigii asigoo ka cabanaya inuusan rabin in youtube-ka la galiyo West wuxuu soo gabagabeeyey muuqaalkiisa 2008 Abaalmarinta Muusikada Mareykanka isagoo ku soo bandhigay heesta. Wuxuu xidhay jaakad jaamacadeed oo laba midab leh oo buluug iyo casaan ah oo loo yaqaan 'Pastelle varsity jacket' oo loogu talagalay bandhigga, oo ay weheliso asalka neon. West wuxuu ka beddelay waxqabadka heesta mid ka mid ah heesaha albumka "Pinocchio Story" ee "Saturday Night Live (SNL) " bishii Diseembar 13, 2008. Bishii Janaayo 20, 2009, West wuxuu ku soo bandhigay kii hore Be the Change Youth Ball ee loogu talagalay
Caleemo saarka koowaad ee 2009-2017 Madaxweynaha Mareykanka Barack Obama. Intii lagu guda jiray hakadka qalabka ee heesta, Kanye West wuxuu ku dhawaaqay inuu "aad ugu faraxsan yahay inuu halkaan taagan yahay" iyo Donda "aad ayuu ugu faraxsanaan lahaa hadda" inuu arko "wiilkeeda yar oo u ciyaaraya heesta # 1 ee dalka ee madaxweynaheena cusub ee Afrikaanka Ameerikaanka ah". West ayaa sidoo kale sheegay in awowgiis "wuxuu waday gaariga ugu horeeyay ee socodka ka baxsan Oklahoma" si uu u arko kubbadda, ka hor inta uusan ku heesin nooc ka mid ah heesta heesta heesta si loogu maamuuso labadaba halganka xuquuqda madaniga ah iyo Obama: "Habeenkii waxaan maqlayaa iyaga oo hadlaya / Sheekada ugu weyn ee abid la sheego, [...] Meel ka fog wadadan, ruux cusub: Obama... "