Kanye West Fans Launch GoFundMe Pages to Raise Money to Restore His Billionaire Status
Fans of Kanye West have reportedly flocked to GoFundMe, the world's largest social fundraising platform, to raise money to get his billionaire status back.
After Adidas dropped him, the rapper lost his billionaire status, and Sean "Diddy" Combs unceremoniously replaced him, Rolling Stone reported.
According to AllHipHop, a number of campaigns appeared on GoFundMe after news of Adidas cutting ties with Kanye. One of these pages said their goal was to "Make Kanye West a Billionaire Again."
Forbes reported that the value of Kanye's contract with the sportswear brand was $1.5 billion. Without that deal, the rapper's net worth is estimated at $400 million. The fundraisers reportedly raised $5 before being taken down or removed by GoFundMe.
Kanye West fans had already tried to help him in the past. In 2016, Kanye tweeted that he was $53 million in debt and asked Mark Zuckerberg, the founder and CEO of Facebook, to invest $1 billion in his "ideas."
Jeremy Piatt, one of Kanye West's fans, then started a GoFundMe for the artist. The "Get Kanye Out of Debt" page, which is still public, has reportedly raised $57,398 of the $53,000,000 target.
"It doesn't look like he's going to get Mark Zuckerberg's help that he desperately needs," Piatt wrote.
He added that Kanye was personally rich and can still buy "furs and houses" for his family. However, Piatt said: "Without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can't be realized."
According to Piatt, Kanye's team did not accept the funds raised by the GoFundMe campaign. But the good thing about it was that the money was reportedly donated to the non-profit Notes for Notes which provides youth free access to musical instruments and education.
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Kanye West Suspended From Instagram Again, Goes Extra Antisemitic on Parler
Kanye West has posted more antisemitic remarks at Parler without facing any consequences. According to Rolling Stone, the rapper started using Parler for the first time a few weeks ago after it was reported that he planned to buy the right-wing social media platform following Instagram and Twitter's suspension.
Kanye posted for a few days in Parler despite his impending stake in the firm. And he made his grand return to the platform by continuing to spew hate speech after he was suspended from Instagram again over the weekend.
He also posted the same offending image that got him kicked off Instagram in the first place. It was a screenshot of a text exchange with hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, who has been accused of rape and sexual assault on multiple occasions.
Simmons urged Kanye to consider leaving the country to reestablish his empire, but the Donda singer retorted: "I'm staying in America. I gotta get the Jewish business people to make the contracts fair. Or die trying."
West posted the photo with a caption: "Got kicked off instagram for 30 days for telling Russell Simmons that I was going to make 'you know who' have better contracts and business practices. Jesus is king."
Kanye West Argues With Another Parent at His Son's LA Soccer Game
Kanye West got into a heated argument with a parent while watching his son Saint play soccer in Calabasas, Los Angeles, on Saturday. Daily Mail reported that the incident was caught on camera.
In the video, Kanye can be seen ranting and wildly gesturing with his arms while talking to another parent during the game. The conversation abruptly ended when the rapper stormed off. Kanye shares custody of his children with his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian.
Kim Kardashian was spotted sitting on a lawn chair only feet away from West, who was arguing with another parent at that time.
The reality star deliberately avoided West at their son's soccer game. Their daughters, North and Chicago, and son, Psalm, sat close by in lawn chairs.
The controversial artist appeared to vent his frustration, but no one from the family reacted. It remains unclear what the rapper had been getting upset about.
Kanye West stormed off after another woman, reportedly a family friend, approached him. Kim and Kanye did not interact during their son's game. However, he was seen talking to his son.
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Written by: Bert Hoover
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