Chance the Rapper apologises after his tweets are praised by Donald Trump

In the midst of Kanye West's baffling Twitter enlightenment, Chance the Rapper chimed in to defend his friend, mentor, and fellow Chicago musician from what he thought was some undeserved criticism.

Many people this week were irresponsibly speculating about Kanye West's mental health after he came out in support of Donald Trump in a series of tweets that involved signed MAGA hats, Candace Owens, the Dilbert guy, and ping-pong.

Chance the Rapper jumped into the chaos on Wednesday to assert that West is physically and mentally fine.

Then, he followed that up with a couple of vague political tweets. One said "black people don't have to be democrats," and another said "Next president gon be independent."

Neither tweet is particularly salacious on its own, but within the context of West's half-formed Twitter proclamations, they both could be perceived a number of ways.

Naturally, alt-right Twitter quickly pounced at the opportunity to connect Chance's tweets to Kanye's new political views and declare the young Chicago rapper a Trump supporter.

And Trump, who gets most of his information from unreliable Twitter trolls, ran with it this morning to wrongly lump Chance into his small list of public black supporters.

Quickly after Trump's tweet, Chance took the opportunity to promptly clarify his political opinions and confirm that he does not support the president.

In a lengthy note, Chance wrote: "I didn't speak up because I agree with what Kanye had to say or because I f**k with Trump ... I'd never support anyone who has made a career out of hatred, racism and discrimination."

He went on to point out Trump's mischaracterisation of the city of Chicago, along with the president's marginalisation of black people.

What's surprising is how quickly the alt-right and Donald Trump attempted to latch on to a famous person of color to use as a political prop. Does Donald Trump know who Chance the Rapper is? Doubtful.

It's also surprising how Chance's tweets instantly got him dragged into Trump and Kanye's circle of destruction.