Forbes magazine dubbed Kanye West a billionaire in a recent cover story after “months” of asking for Ye’s financial records. The esteemed business magazine determined his net worth to be around $1.3 billion. But evidently, ‘Ye took issue with that figure and insists he’s worth over three times that amount.
Forbes staff writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg revealed shortly after the story was published, Kanye sent him a late night text disputing Forbes’ claim.
“It’s not a billion,” he said. “It’s $3.3 billion since no one at Forbes knows how to count.”
Forbes broke down how they arrived at $1.3 billion, explaining Ye’s Yeezy sneaker collaboration with adidas — which Forbes estimated brought him royalties of over $140 million from sales last year — properties, assets and his G.O.O.D. record label, worth at least $90 million, finally landed him a spot in the exclusive billionaire club.
Earlier this month, Forbes ran their annual billionaires list and Ye wasn’t on it yet. Once again, he protested, texting, “You know what you’re doing. You’re toying with me and I’m not finna lye [sic] down and take it anymore in Jesus name.”
Apparently, his omission irked Kanye so much, he managed to produce the records Forbes had reportedly been seeking.
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As Greenburg noted in the story, “West’s aggressive $3 billion self-appraisal is clearly based on the idea that the business is infinitely portable. It’s not. Taking Yeezy away from adidas seems almost prohibitively cumbersome, if not contractually impossible.”
Either way, ‘Ye is insistent Forbes undervalued his worth — but it clear somebody at Forbes can indeed count.
This announcement comes years after Kanye stated that he would one day become a billionaire. Like most things ‘Ye has predicted, the premonition has come true. All that’s left on his list is a potential presidential bid.
Good for him. He speaks his opinion, I used to appreciate that, until he started talking about supporting Trump. I just don’t get how he went from here to there.
Your second sentence is what is wrong with the world. We love kanye for speaking his mind, but now he is saying things we dont mind so fuck him right? It doesnt make sense. You (the world)never liked the character trait of outspokenness, you just wanted someone who said what was on YOUR mind and that is a problem. Whether you agree or disagree with what he is saying, you gotta continue appreciating his decision to speak his mind.
Smh at myself. “Things we dont mind” should be “dont like”. Otherwise, I killed that shit lol
No we don’t “love Kanye” nor “love Kanye for speaking his mind”. Ppl maybe liked Wen he was only person to say truth eg. George Bush doesn’t care bout black ppl. Yeh ppl liked Wen twice a day the broken clock told correct time. But he has never been loved. Always a arrogant selfish asshole. With monstrous ego. And zero understanding of Christianity, to the extent he says God made trump tell him tax loopholes as a reward for supporting concentration camps and kill the gays leaders. Disgusting peice of shit.
You’re a clown. He is clearly loved by many, and still is. That’s why ppl buy his ugly shoes and listen to his music (I still do, I defend all that I dont care what social media believes)… the assholes on social media and comment sections are the minority, that’s why Trump won. Everybody thinks that what is online is a good representation for how the public overall feel or think, it’s only representative of how many bitches are crying and complaining. The bitches dont speak for the masses
What an obnoxious, self righteous buffoon. If he carries on, he’ll end up inside his own arse,
Agreed
These are all fake, inflated numbers. Did anyone look into how this is calculated? This sounds more like the revenue he has generated. I’ll put it another way. Look at what his net worth was three years ago. Now ask yourself, what he has done for his net worth to go up this far.
We truly are living in a post-truth era.
well those trump tax cuts certainly helped but i agree with you. all this stuff is bullshit marketing. there’s a huge gap between the value of the previously held assets mentioned here and the quoted figure. and like a true cornball he annouces this during a time of record unemployment and folks standing in food lines. good thing for him his home is remotely located lest some folks get some ideas…
Worth and what’s in his bank account is two different things. Yes, his assets are worth 1.3 billion but I doubt he has that in cash.
Wasnt this the same nigga beggin for money just a couple years ago? No wonder he had trumps dick in his mouth gotta love a president who looks out for the wealthy
Right?! He was begging for money from his wife not so long, now he’s still the same (fill in the blank) that he’s always been.
so what are you going to do with it Kanye.
Are you expecting him to answer you on this forum?
How is he a billionaire?? Or are they talkin about net worth???
He doesnt really support Trump anymore than he is a devout Christian. He uses polarizing themes to keep people talking about him. Millenials being the dodos they are take everything at face value. That’s how a PO becomes a drug kingpin, a snitch becomes a thug and a whining sissy gets compared to 2Pac and Andre 3000
I think you should wake up.
He was a beloved artist. I have no idea how you could think supporting trump and going open “Christian ” helped him.
Because dumbass, he just told you. “He uses polarizing themes to keep people talking about him”. Millenials also struggle with reading comprehension too, apparantly.
All that money and status and still a miserable loser.
he’s following in bruce jenners footsteps, he’ll divorce kim soon and become known as just Yay!
Adidas sales went down 93% this quarter time to recalculate.
So basically he was lying and wanted fake sympathy when he said he was 53 million in debt lol
Why black people always want people to know how much money they got
Don’t get it fucked up. White people do too. There’s a reason the magazine exists in the first place. Anybody that has wealth wants you to know it. Grow up a little before you start making those kinds of declarations.
Money. You either got it or you don’t.
Not ALL black people!! I know some that will play broke as heck and sitting on $$ just so you won’t ask to borrow any!!
Man of god right there…..still worried about material possessions and titles….smh
EXACTLY.
Ye your ego is so overblown. Nobody cares what your worth. Nobody care what Hov, Dre and Diddy are worth either. Put out some music or shut up. Don’t care about who you support politically or who your fucking or married to. You are not that interesting, enough already. Saw a drink champs episode recently with Fobolous. Nore kept pressing for details behind Fab’s touring schedule, cuz its extensive. But Fab’s like if the tax man listening I’m gonna have problems, so he quashed the subject. Clearing mad money from your endorsements Ye? Shit even bank CEO’s ain’t making more that 20-40 mil. If your doing that well and want the world to know about it, have fun cutting that tax check and paying alimony when Kim leave you for the next one.
i agree. dont let these stories steer you wrong odds are alot of them are not that what they are saying…
I love people who type out a long paragraph about how “nobody cares” about an article they just read and felt a need to write a short essay about. LOL. Clown.
Wasn’t this guy asking for handouts from his fans?
Now he should sit back counting his money and not releasing any music for a while now.
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how come unhinged degenerates like this guy get all this wealth and us intellectuals are left hand-to-mouth month-to-month???
In order to make that kind of money, you need to be unhinged. I like to think that I got my head on straight and I work my ass off, if I keep going and moving up, getting lucky along the way, I could see myself as a $200,000 ‘onaire one day.
You xant be that intellectual if your mad at how much money another man has then questioning why you are poor on some trashy hip hop site. That should be your first clue
On this website called wealthygorilla.com it has him at 3 Billion too! I can’t believe he’s richer than JAY now…
DOUBLE F*CK Looney Ye! His FOCUS on ‘material’ things PROVES his whole ‘holier than thou’ Sunday Service BULLSH*T! He’s DENOUNCED ‘Hip Hop’ as evil, wants only to push his ‘jesus freak’ BS while actin’ like ‘money makes the man’ … Looney BASKET CASE hasn’t released a ‘listenable’ album in OVER 10 YEARS! F*CK HIM and the Horrible KARTRASHIAN cursed plastic clan! Focus on ‘material gains’ have COST SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE THEIR LIVES, Robbing and KILLING innocent people to ‘have a lil material gain’….EVIL Hypocrite who’ll BURN IN HELL! G T F O H !!!!
Dude must have gotten it from those church meetings he be having in addition to the trash he married into.. He’s gonna let you know the exact amount of his worth!!
Who cares. He need to take some of that money to get his mental right. All the money in the world can’t buy you love or bring you peace. He lost his mind to power and signed into the cult called Kardashian. Why someone with so much need so much more.