Kanye West Net Worth is $250 Million (as of 2020)
Kanye West net worth goes up to 100 million of dollars. He began his carrier as a hip-hop beat maker and successfully went up the stairs up to worldwide hit maker. Now Kanye is known for being an American rapper, singer and record producer.
Quick facts
Net Worth: | $250 Million |
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Age: | 45 years old |
Height: | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) |
Date of birth: | Jun 08, 1977 |
Nationality: | United States of America |
Occupation: | Record producer, Songwriter, Singer, Actor, Film Producer, Rapper, Businessperson, Screenwriter, Fashion designer, Music Video Director |
Last Updated: | 2023 |
He began his carrier by starting to work with Jay Z by doing him stellar production work and this led to major-label recording contract and popularity for Kanye.
Singer spent four years working on his first album to make it perfect and become a successful debut. It worked his album The College Dropout is still Kanye West’s best-selling album in US until now.
Kanye West net worth began to increase with his album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. From the beginning that it was released in November 2010 it earned unbelievable amounts of money and became popular really fast and went platinum. The next album: Watch the Throne increased Kanye West net worth with an unbelievable 16 millions of dollars in a short time only one year from May 2010 until May 2011.
Singer also runs one record company which was home to such artists as John Legend, Common and Kid Cudi. It is one of the famous record companies.
Kanye West was born in Atlanta, but was raised in Chicago then in Oak Lawn, Illinois by his mother. He went to college, but decided to drop out because his love for music was to strong so he began to work as producer for Roc-A-Fella records, for Jay Z, where his carrier began.
Kanye West net worth also increases with his other income from different business. In Chicago he has a chain of Fatburger restaurants, has a line of athletic shoes for Nike and a shoe line with Lois Vuitton.
Kanye is also knows for his philanthropic ventures. He has a foundation that benefits education for Latino and African American children. He also helped for victims of Hurricane Katrina and helps a lot of other organizations that are created in order to help people that need their help.
Singer has won many awards for his music, for example Grammys, American music awards. Total count goes up to even 40. But his best award is that he is expecting a baby with Kim Kardashian.
Kanye West net worth is getting higher, because the happy couple is buying different real estate together and their combined net worth goes up to 130 million of dollars. Kanye and Kim can spend what they want because they know they have what it needs to be popular.