Kanye West

Kanye West Net Worth

Kanye West net worth: Kanye West is an American producer, rapper, fashion designer and actor who has a net worth of $250 million. For those who were expecting Kanye's net worth to be a $1 billion, we're sorry to report that rumor is 100% fake news. Please read this article to understand why. Kanye DID make $100 million between June 2018 and June 2019. Those earnings came largely from his Adidas partnership. According to a June 2019 New York Times article, Kanye earns a 5% per-shoe wholesale royalty from Adidas. Yeezy separately owns his own Yeezy apparel line outright 100%, but profits from that label are relatively minuscule compared to the sneaker line which generates a reported $1 billion in revenue per year as of 2019.Kanye West was born in Atlanta but raised by his mother first in Chicago and then Oak Lawn, Illinois. He dropped out of college to pursue his career in the music industry, starting out initially as a producer for Roc-A-Fella records. Kanye eventually persuaded label head Jay-Z to sign him on as a rapper. He spent four years honing and perfecting what would become his debut album, "The College Dropout", which came in at number two on the Billboard 200 and is still Kanye West's best-selling album in the United States. Subsequent albums, "Late Registration", "Graduation", "808s & Heartbreak" and "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" were also chart-toppers that received critical and commercial success. His production credits include an impressive role call of talent including: Jay-Z, Beyoncé, John Legend, Alicia Keys and Janet Jackson. West is also a seasoned businessman with a chain of Fatburger restaurants designated for the Chicago area, a line of athletic shoes for Nike called Air Yeezy, and another shoe line with Louis Vuitton. His philanthropic ventures include his the Kanye West Foundation which benefits education for African American and Latino children, in addition to contributing time, talent and money to Hurricane Katrina relief, World Water Day, and Live Earth, among other organizations. To date, Kanye West has won more than 40 significant music awards, including 21 Grammys, seven BET awards, and two American Music Awards. Kanye is currently married to Kim Kardashian. They have a daughter together named North West and a son named Saint West.West released the album Yeezus in 2013. The album reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart as well as on the US R&B and US Rap charts and in four other countries. His album The Life of Pablo was released in 2016 and reached #1 on the Billboard 200 chart and #2 on the US Rap and US R&B charts. West's single "FourFiveSeconds" (with Rihanna and Paul McCartney) reached #1 on the US R&B chart. In 2017 he was nominated for six Grammy Awards. His next album, "Ye" was released in June 2018. Unfortunately, Ye was the first album in Kanye's career to not go platinum.Kanye West Earnings By Year:2007: $17 million 2008: $30 million 2009: $25 million 2010: $12 million 2011: $16 million 2012: $35 million 2013: $20 million 2014: $30 million 2015: $22 million 2016: $18 million 2017: $22 million 2018: $28 million 2019: $100 millionTotal: $375 million