Kanye West meets with Donald Trump at Trump Tower

It was not immediately clear why President-elect Donald Trump is meeting with West.

“I just want to take a picture right now,” West said, standing next to a smiling Trump.

The 39-year-old rapper — who suffered a much-publicised meltdown last month in LA — was without his wife, Kim Kardashian, as he hustled by reporters shortly after 9am. Included in his entourage was Corey Gamble, who is dating West’s mother-in-law Kris Jenner.

Trump’s transition team has been trying to sign up top-notch performers to take part in his January 20 inauguration.

The New York Post reported this week that he planned to personally approach world-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.

West has thrown his support behind Trump in the past. Following the election last month, he said from a concert stage, “I told y’all I didn’t vote, right? But I didn’t tell you — I guess I told you — but if I would’ve voted, I would’ve voted on Trump.”

It was however at odds with Kardashian, who was a Hillary Clinton supporter during the election, with West even posing in a picture with his wife and Ms Clinton.

The powwow at Trump Tower could have major political implications — as West himself has said he’s planning to run for president in 2020, the same year Mr Trump would be up for re-election.

“I have decided in 2020 to run for president,” West said at the VMAs in 2015.

This was West’s first big appearance following his release from the hospital. Last week he was spotted at a relatively low-key art event in LA with newly dyed blond hair.

A Trump rep did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

This article originally appeared in The New York Post