Kanye West Net Worth After His Recent Public Antisemitic Rants

Famous American rapper Kanye West, who has always been the centre of headlines is once again making the headlines after Twitter’s new boss Elon Musk suspended his Twitter account.

As per a report by CNN, on Friday morning, December 2, Tesla’s Boss Musk stated that he suspended Ye’s account after he violated platform’s rules and incited violence.

Twitter Suspended Ye’ Account

The President of the Musk Foundation took to his Twitter handle and penned down, “I tried my best. Despite that, he again violated our rule against incitement to violence. Account will be suspended.”

As of now, there isn’t any update about which specific tweet of the songwriter led to his account suspension. However, for those who are unaware, let us tell you, earlier Ye has tweeted an altered picture of Star of David with a swastika (Religious symbol of Hinduism).

Let us remind you, The ‘Praise God,’ rapper has started a ton of antisemitic comments and raged on past months which even led to suspension of his various business deals including his partnership with Adidas.

Who’s Kanye West?

For those who are unfamiliar with Kanye West, let us tell you, Kanye whose full name is Kanye Omari West and is popularly known as Ye, was born in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. on June 8, 1977.

When Ye was 3-year-old, his parents went their separate ways, and he moved to Chicago with his mother, where she became a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University.

West completed his schooling from Polaris School for Individual Education, later he moved to China with his mother and from there he completed high school.

After successfully graduating from high school, West received a scholarship to attend Chicago’s American Academy of art in 1997. However soon enough he realized his passion for music, which led him to drop out from college to pursue his music career.

Kanye’s Music Career

The singer who’s also known as Yeezus, started his music career in the mid-1990s when he started creating beats for local artists around his area.

His first official production credits can be traced back to the 1990s when he produced 8 tracks on Down to Earth. Ye released his first debut album in 1996.

Although he was quite active in the 1990s, the rapper rose to fame as a producer with Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s when he developed “chipmunk soul,” sampling music style.

Ye is also known as the founder of record label GOOD Music which he founded in 2004.

His most notable albums include Graduation, 808s & Heartbreak, Late Registration, Yeezus, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

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Kanye West Net Worth

The multiple music award winner music producer and actor Kanye’s Net worth is gradually seeing a decline due to his bigoted social media presence.

As per a report by Forbes magazine, Kanye West net worth is estimated to be somewhat around $1.8 billion in the first half of 2022, however, since his public antisemitic rants his net worth has now decreased to $400 million.

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