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Kanye West’s angry text after being named a billionaire by Forbes

Most people would be happy about finally making billionaire status. But Kanye West’s response proves otherwise.
US rapper Kanye West has just made the Forbes billionaire list. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFPSource:AFP

US rapper Kanye West has just made the Forbes billionaire list. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFPSource:AFP

Musician Kanye West was officially named a billionaire and added to the list of the world’s richest people by American business magazine Forbes last Friday. 

But for Kanye that just wasn’t good enough and fired off an angry text in response that has let many stunned.

He reckons he’s worth more than a billion, and was quick to tell the media organisation why they were wrong.

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US rapper Kanye West has just made the <i>Forbes</i> billionaire list. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFP
US rapper Kanye West has just made the Forbes billionaire list. Picture: Angela Weiss/AFPSource:AFP
 

The magazine estimated Kanye’s worth at $1.3 billion.

But the hip-hop star was furious, claiming they shorted him around $2 billion.

"It's not a billion," Kanye texted the magazine. "It's $3.3 billion since no one at Forbes knows how to count."

Forbes pointed out how in the past 40 years only two people have ever questioned their net worth before Kanye: Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, a member of the Saudi royal family and President Donald Trump.

After giving "an authentic numeric look into Kanye, Inc," Forbes calculated Kanye's assets based on his Yeezy sneaker collaboration with Adidas, his G.O.O.D. record label and his properties.

But they also factored in his debts, "asset illiquidity," and the magazine's tendency to "look at self-appraisals somewhat sceptically".

 

Kanye West has sent an angry text to the magazine because he feels short-changed by the status. Picture: Jean-Baptiste Lacroix/AFP
Kanye West has sent an angry text to the magazine because he feels
short-changed by the status. Picture: Jean-Baptiste Lacroix/AFPSource:AFP
 

Forbes explained why they didn't label the Gold Digger rapper as a billionaire when he graced the cover of the publication last year.

"Without sufficient documentation on his unusual stake, versus just his word and industry guesstimates, we didn't call him a billionaire," Forbes said.

Kanye claimed "he's not a numbers guy," yet appeared obsessed with getting the title of billionaire, according to Forbes.

After the magazine revealed their annual billionaire's list earlier this month, the Yeezy founder texted them over his absence.

"You know what you're doing," Forbes claimed Kanye wrote in a message. "You're toying with me and I'm not finna lye [sic] down and take it anymore in Jesus name."

The writer of the Forbes article, Zack O'Malley Greenburg, also noted humourously that “after months of requests, the hip-hop superstar shared financial records, revealing details about his wildly popular Yeezy sneaker empire — and his fixation on outside validation”.

It comes as Kanye has been ridiculed online for appearing desperate to make the list.

Other news outlets have reported that West “literally sent receipts” and other financial records to make the iconic Forbes Billionaires List.

Source: News Corp Australia Network:

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