Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: West buru ụzọ mee akụkụ nke abụ ahụ na August 2008 maka egwu egwu ONE Campaign na DNC na Denver, Colorado. Tupu ya arụmọrụ nke "Heartless" maka TI si Myspace nkwado egwu na Key Club, Los Angeles, na October 2008, West mara ọkwa na "808s & Heartbreak" e dechara na Hawaii na song ga-wepụtara dị ka otu. Ọ kwụsịrị ihe ngosi ahụ na mberede, na-eme mkpesa na ọ chọghị ka ọ kwụsị na YouTube. West mechiri ọbịbịa ya na 2008 American Music Awards site n'ịrụ abụ ahụ. O yi jaket mahadum Pastelle na-acha anụnụ anụnụ na ọbara ọbara maka arụmọrụ ahụ, nke a na-esonyere ya na neon-backdrop. West gbanwere site n'ịbụ abụ nke abụ ahụ n'ime otu n'ime egwu egwu "Pinocchio Story" maka "Saturday Night Live (SNL) " na Disemba 13, 2008. Na Jenụwarị 20, 2009, West rụrụ nke mbụ na Be the Change Youth Ball maka
Nchịkọta mbụ nke onyeisiala mba Amerịka Barack Obama n'afọ 2009 ruo 2017. N'oge ezumike egwu dị n'abụ ahụ, Kanye West kwupụtara na ọ "na-enwe obi ụtọ ịnọ ebe a" na Donda "ga-enwe obi ụtọ ugbu a" na ịhụ "nwa ya nwoke na-egwu egwu # 1 na mba ahụ maka onye isi ala ọhụrụ anyị bụ onye Africa-America". West kwukwara na nna nna ya "na-akwọ ụgbọala nke mbụ na ngagharị si Oklahoma" iji hụ bọọlụ ahụ, tupu ọ bụrụ abụ a gbanwere agbanwe nke abụ abụ ahụ na-asọpụrụ ma ọgụ maka ikike ụmụ amaala na Obama: "N'abalị m na-anụ ka ha na-ekwu okwu/ Akụkọ kachasị ukwuu a kọtụrụla, [...] N'ebe dị anya n'okporo ụzọ a, mkpụrụ obi ọhụrụ: Obama... "