Kanye West Is Now a Billionaire, Thanks Mostly to His Yeezy Sneaker Brand

Kanye West Is Now a Billionaire, Thanks Mostly to His Yeezy Sneaker Brand
Monday, April 27, 2020 09:06 IST
By Santa Banta News Network
It's official: Kanye West is now a billionaire.

Over the years, West's finances have remained mostly a mystery. But now, Forbes reports that the rapper-turned-footwear mogul has an estimated net worth of $1.3 billion.

West can attribute his entry into the billionaires club to his lucrative sneaker company, Yeezy. The sneaker brand -- which is produced, marketed and distributed by Adidas -- was on track to $1.3 billion in footwear revenue in 2019, according to a Bank of America document.

While the bulk of West's income is generated from Yeezy, the rapper also possesses about $200 million in other assets, including real estate properties and his music catalog. Bloomberg reports that Ye's music catalog -- which includes everything from albums The College Dropout to Jesus is King -- is worth about $110.5 million, according to a valuation by the Valentiam Group.

In true West fashion, soon after Forbes published its story proclaiming him a billionaire, the rapper argued that he's actually worth more than that. `It's not a billion,` West texted to Forbes. `It's $3.3 billion since no one at Forbes knows how to count.`



Indeed, West has come a long way since claiming to be $53 million in debt just four years ago. In February 2016, after revealing his financial woes on Twitter, the rapper also used the social media platform to personally ask Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion in his work.

"I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt... Please pray we overcome... This is my true heart...," West tweeted at the time. "Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas ... after realizing he is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time."
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