A Kanye West fan posted a petition on the White House's We the People site on Wednesday, urging President Obama to order West to release his upcoming album Swish next week.
The petition was closed later that day. The site requires the Obama administration to respond to any petition that garners over 100,000 signatures in 30 days.
It was closed under the moderation policy, which found it in violation of We the People's terms of participation. It did get tens of thousands of signatures before the petition was closed.
"Kanye West has kept us thirsty for too long," the petition read before it closed, Billboard reports. "We haven't gotten any new singles in months. The President should order Ye to drop the album on the date August 21st, as his producer Mike Dean has been teasing people about."
West’s last single, “All Day,” came out six months ago. He revealed the album’s name would be Swish instead of So Help Me God in May.
"I might change it again but that's the name now,” he said on Twitter.
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