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Kanye West has officially been classified as a billionaire, according to a newly published report in Forbes magazine.
Forbes claims that West provided the magazine with documentation, giving them an “authentic numeric look into Kanye, Inc” to prove his financial feat.
While the article confirms that West has reached certified billionaire status by amassing a $1.26 billion empire, the magazine revealed that he was unhappy about the value- believing he was worth more than $3 billion.
The rapper reportedly texted executives at Forbes, late Thursday night to complain about their numbers, “It’s not a billion,” West allegedly wrote. “It’s $3.3 billion since no one at Forbes knows how to count.”
Yeezy has been determined to prove he was a billionaire for some time. In 2019, during an appearance at the 2019 Fast Company Innovation Festival, West complained that Forbes wasn’t giving him his respect, despite providing them with evidence.
“When I did Forbes, I showed them a $890 million receipt and they still didn’t say ‘billionaire,'” Kanye told the festival audience.
West joins his sister in law, Kylie Jenner, in the billionaire club but the infamously vocal artist did call out the mag claiming they denied his wealth as a part of a bigger issue.
When that annual billionaire’s list appeared earlier this month, touting Jenner’s success, the writer of the article claims that West was not happy that his name was not mentioned.
“You know what you’re doing,” O’Malley Greenburg claims West texted. “You’re toying with me, and I’m not finna lye [sic] down and take it anymore in Jesus name.”
The magazine claims that West texted them, claiming the publication was “purposely a part of a group of media” that was unwilling to give him the credit he feels he deserves because of his race.
Based on the statements and documentation West provided his wealth his broken down as $17 million in cash, $35 million in stocks, $81 million in “buildings and improvements” and $21 million in land (which the article notes comes mainly from the homes that she shares with wife Kim Kardashian West.)
Forbes also explained Yeezy’s Adidas collaboration between the rapper and the German sportswear brand. The magazine claim their revenue is worth around $1.3 billion – making West around $140 million from sales just last year.
