Kanye West is officially a billionaire but disputed at $3.3 billion. According to Forbes, Kanye West made efforts to convince them that he is a billionaire musician for years, but due to unsatisfactory evidence, he was always declined.
Despite now being officially classed as a billionaire, Kanye West was unhappy with Forbes and claimed they had undervalued him. He took to Twitter to voice his frustration, saying “It doesn’t line up with what Bloomberg said just last week,” in reference to a report which valued him at $3.3 billion.
“It’s not a billion,” West reportedly said in a text to the magazine. “It’s 3.3 billion since no one at Forbes knows how to count.”
He also accused the magazine of “disrespecting” him and not taking his “brand into consideration.” While it’s understandable that Kanye wants to be accurately valued, Forbes is an internationally respected publication, and its estimates are usually trusted to be accurate. In any case, it’s clear that Kanye West is now a billionaire, and there’s no denying his success.
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An African Giant Kanye West is recognised as one of the most acclaimed and biggest-selling artists of the past 20 years.
Music is not the only source of wealth West has; he also owns real estate.
In April 2020, West’s wish was finally granted, he is now one of America’s billionaires after placing his current worth at $1.3billion according to Forbes. Furthermore, he is the second American musician after Jay-Z to achieve this status.
That includes his stake in the Yeezy trainer line, which Forbes describes as “one of the great retail stories of the century”, worth $1.26bn (£1.0bn).
West’s other notable assets are $81m (£64.7m) in property and $21m (£16.8m) inland. In total, his record label GOOD Music and the rights to his back catalog are worth at least $90m (£71.9m), Forbes said.
