Remember when Kanye West asked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to give him $53 million to pay off his debts, on Twitter? Well, he might not need help anymore, because West and sister-in-law Kylie Jenner are the members of the Kardashian clan to come close to cracking a billion-dollar net worth—in fact, West may already be a billionaire.
sorry I'm late to the party guys I was busy cashing my 80 million video game check & transferring 53 million into our joint account 🤑🤑🤑💰💰💰
— Kim Kardashian (@KimKardashian) March 8, 2016
According to The Blast, the legendary musician’s fashion label Yeezy, created in partnership with Adidas, just received a valuation of close to $1.5 billion. Seeing as West is a majority stakeholder in the brand, this recent assessment would put the rapper’s personal net worth somewhere around a billion dollars.
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A source told the website that West “has received several offers for investments and potential buyers of the company, but he has not decided yet how much, if any, he wants to part with.”
During an appearance on “Jimmy Kimmel Live”earlier this week, West’s wife, Kim Kardashian, warned fans that her husband would be imminently joining the “Billionaire Boys Club.”
Asked if she was “almost a billionaire,” the reality star replied, “I would say my husband is, so that makes me one, right? Close by proximity.”
Back in April, West shared this rather prescient tweet: “Yeezy will hit a billion dollars this year. It is the 2nd fastest growing company in history. It is a unicorn on its way to becoming a decacorn.”
While many scoffed at the bombastic statement at the time, it appears the rapper’s prediction was dead on.
