Kanye West has made the headlines for his meltdowns and disputes as much as he has for the success of his music and his Yeezy shoe brand. He has undoubtedly made a fortune during his many years in the spotlight, but the star has consistently challenged Forbes' assessment of his net worth. When they declared his net worth as being $1.3 billion in 2020, he lashed out against them, complaining that they had issues with accuracy, and it was actually $3.3 billion.
A recent report has just been released, which indicates that his current net worth has skyrocketed to a jaw-dropping $6.6 billion... in less than a year. The claim is that "new documents" have been submitted to confirm this huge increase of his fortune, but fans are definitely not buying it. They want to know where these papers suddenly came from, and how his wealth increased so dramatically.
Kanye's Substantial Wealth Increase
It was just a year ago that his net worth was reported by Forbes as just $1.3 billion, and Kanye's year in 2020 was full of political endeavors, and marital issues. It didn't seem that his focus was entirely put on maximizing his investment, yet somehow there were mysterious documents that have been submitted which increase his fortune dramatically.
There's no doubt that Kanye was relentless in his submissions and requests for this re-organization for this to take place, and he is most certainly satisfied to see the ballooning digits that now appear by his name, but how did this happen? There seems to be no real grasp as to how this multi-billion dollar adjustment was made, and fans are definitely thinking something shady is going on here.
Fans Have Questions
Fans have a whole lot of questions about how this money can suddenly be declared. They took to social media to express their thoughts on the matter, and the consensus is that there is something very suspicious going on here. 2020 saw the world shudder with shockwaves as a result of the pandemic, so in spite of the fact that Kanye has lucrative contracts in place with the Gap and there's a big hand that he plays in the Yeezy/Adidas relationship, it just doesn't seem that 2020 was a year of big consumer spending - certainly not to the point that West could easily pad billions of dollars of additional income.
Comments on his Twitter feed reflect the shadows of doubt that are cast on these "documents" that have suddenly been produced. They include; "That’s cool but how? That’s insane." and "hella inflated" as well as "lol that's a lot of documents to suddenly find."
Others wrote "false," "lies," and "fake news!"