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Kanye West has earned himself 21 Grammys, seven BET awards and two American Music Awards. Not to mention, he’s the founder of Yeezy clothing line launched back in 2009. That’s quite a list of accomplishments for a 39-year-old.
Most recently, West struck a deal with Adidas to collaborate on shoes, claiming, ”I took the Adidas deal because I have royalties and I have to provide for my family.”
This statement may be a bit dramatic given the fact that he’s married to one of the most successful women in reality television.
But if you’re trying to figure out how much he’s worth, some discrepancies exist over the exact amount. COED claims he’s worth $180 million while Celebrity Networth says he’s worth $145 million.
Kanye West’s millions may not add up to Kim Kardashian’s net worth, but he’s still raking in decent lump sums of dough. ENTITY breaks down a list and answers his burning question: Exactly how much is Kanye West worth?
Here are the three main sources of income that contribute to his wealth.
His first album, “The College Dropout,” hit number two on the Billboard 200 and still remains West’s best-selling album with worldwide sales of over 4 million copies.
In 2013, West went on tour to promote his Yeezus album, which did well commercially. However, the tour took the cake as the highest-grossing tour of the year, earning him a whopping $25 million. This tour helped him jump 50 percent in annual earnings, according to UK’s InStyle website.
Three years later, he released his most recent album, “The Life of Pablo,” on Feb 13, 2016. Ironically, the very next day West tweeted, “I wrote this for you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt…Please pray we overcome…”
One has to wonder whether or not this was this a crafty publicity stunt to boost album sales?
In spite of his bizarre twitter debt statement, “The Life of Pablo” debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart.
Kanye’s fashion line began in 2009 when he collaborated with Nike to create the Air Yeezys, sneaker shoes that were released again in 2012. Since then he’s premiered his fashion brand at Paris Fashion week.
West also collaborated with Adidas to expand his brand, which reportedly earned him $10 million as of 2013.
While touring for “The Life of Pablo,” he opened a pop-up store to sell merchandise in 21 different cities around the world. Not a bad way to conquer the fashion world and expand your music brand. Hoodies apparently go for $90. Yikes!
The Kim Kardashian net worth is reported to be $150 million. Also, she’s arguably the most high-profile member of the Kardashian clan raking in $52.5 million in 2015 alone.
With this kind of money coming through the doors, the Kardashian-West family most likely won’t be going hungry anytime soon.
