TMZ: Kanye Is Burning Through Money... Headed Towards Financial Ruin? (UPDATE-ADIDAS DROPPED HIM)

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I really am so sad about this whole thing at the end of the day I love Kayne music(as most of us do) and it’s just such a shame what’s going on here
 

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Stir drama, get kicked off social media then they come after him in press because he knew they would.




incredible..
Really incredible.
 

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This dumb ass post :dead:

He didn’t/doesn’t make either company. They were fine without him.

How familiar are you with sneaker culture? Specifically, the culture TODAY?

Like Beyoncé’s beehive and Nikki’s barbs, one tweet from Ye and his stans would give their all to make sure the release fails.

They respect that man’s reach.

Now, if he dies popular red Octobers are coming. I don’t doubt it.
 

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Kanye deserves to be knocked down a billion pegs.

It would be fitting if he went broke and people started to ignore him completely.
 

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Floyd us solid

He has financial and investment advisory.

He won’t go broke

Him and 50 have good people looking after their money

Al Haymon gives a percentage of his fighters paydays in investments. Floyd would have to be really really really stupid to blow through all of that money.

Look at a guy like Paul Williams crippled in a motorcycle accident at the peak of his career but is living great because of all the property investments made while he was boxing.

There is a reason fighters thank God followed by Al Haymon :heh:
 
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Good.......fukk that c00n fakkit.
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Kanye West Living Like a Transient, Blowing Through Money
Kanye West Living Like a Transient, Blowing Through Money
Kanye West Living a Vagabond Life ... Blowing Through Money


Kanye West is a billionaire, yet he's living like a transient ... with no place to call home.

Sources close to Ye tell us as of late, he'll rarely stay in the same place for more than a few days -- living out of fancy hotels and various rental homes. We're also told he spends money like it's nothing, recently fronting a ton of cash for his Yeezy show in Paris and of course -- the alleged purchase of Parler.

What's more ... our Ye sources tell us he's recently made some very rash business decisions as well -- most notably firing Shervin Pishevar from Yeezy and losing other advisors and publicists.

We've spoken to former friends of Kanye, one who told us, "He blows through his money like it's water" ... and there's some serious concern he could fall into financial ruin.

Ye revealed during his "Drink Champs" interview he had recently purchased a $50 million penthouse -- another massive expense -- in addition to his various other real estate transactions.

As we reported, Kanye bought a house next to the home Kim Kardashian now owns in Hidden Hills. The house needs a total redo, but Kanye wanted it so he could be near his children. He bought it nearly a year ago, but there's been little to no work done to remodel it. As far as we know, Kanye never stays at that house.

He's building a house in Malibu which is reasonably close to Kim's house, but he gutted it, and it's a long way from completion.


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Kanye self-funded DONDA 2, because Def Jam did not renew his contract after he'd fulfilled his initial 10 album deal, as well as the listening parties for the album. Living in stadiums cost him an estimated $1 million a day.

He self-funded his YEEZY SZN line and fashion shows, including the one he did at Madison Square Garden, the one on Roosevelt Island where the models' shoes kept breaking and the PFW show he just did, which again cost millions that he did not recoup.

He contributed to his own presidential campaign.

He put up the initial capital for Donda Academy, his unaccredited warehouse school.

He self-funds his Sunday Services. He bought Parler.

He might lose the deal that brings him the bulk of his income if Adidas drop him, he made $141 million from it last year.

Shervin Pishevar, the man TMZ mentions in the article as someone Kanye recently fired, was Yeezy's Chairman and the man in the Adidas meeting trying to explain why Kanye was waving a Pornhub clip in the executives' faces, and telling them they were wrong for 'stealing' his designs (Kanye only owns the patent for the Yeezy slide. Adidas hold the patent for every other Yeezy shoe) that were like 'his child'.

'Net worth' is not the same as 'liquid assets', and liquid assets are not finite. This could easily be true. I don't doubt he's also in some debt. I assume Jay Z wrote that loan off years ago.


Kanye wasted a ton of money while he was running for president in 2020. He plans on doing the same in 2024.

Also when he abruptly cancelled his Saint Pablo Tour he was forced to pay an extremely large sum of money to the insurance but didn't have the money so Kim had to front the bill.

Kanye himself admitted that he was in debt and Jay Z had to get that $20M Live Nation loan for him


When this is claimed, it typically means the value of said person’s company is valued at $1 billion/ billions. The actual person does not have $1 billion in the bank. They are mega wealthy, but most of that net worth is tied up in the valuation of their businesses… meaning that shyt can plummet. I’m not sure what percentage of Yeezy he actually owns, but that plays a factor as well. Seeing as though he probably has shareholders that help keep his company afloat, he is going to have huge issues when they ultimately pull out. It will look like a house of cards collapsing on itself.

I don’t foresee him maintaining his billionaire status.




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Adidas revenue is 30 BILLION a YEAR.

Yeezy makes them 1.7 billion a year. That’s a drop in the ocean for them. If he continues to be toxic they can and will end the deal (similar to JP Morgan).

He is 5% of their annual revenue. If he pushes this enough they’ll buy him out. Adidas OWN his patent and likeness and his partnership bans him from Yeezys likeness

They can kick him out and sell them themselves

But for a global consumer brand where marketing is key 5% of revenue is NOTHING. A few new shoes and marketing (what determines the consumer sectors sales) and they’ll add an extra 10%-20% without him

Adidas don’t need HIM and if he continues as he is just like GAP and JP Morgan they’ll sever ties. Adidas advisors will be discussing this right now

His biggest market is the USA if he continues on this path to maintain their brand (most expensive thing they own) they WILL cut him off. Due to his image in the USA

They don’t need him to make the shoes and he is never allowed to sell them independently. He will rant of twitter for some days then get over it.

His equity buy out will be big but as I said he’ll blow it…..

They’ll keep selling Yeezys. He is contractually never allowed to ever sell them independently or any likeness of the shoe…./
Such an inspiration. He's truly going to be free we as mortal humans could truly never understand.
 

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Isn’t Kanye a multi-billionaire? I’m sure he brings in more than he’s spending even if it’s absolutely insane for the average person to think about. Dude made 141 mill off Adidas alone last year. He isn’t a lottery winner. The dude owns properties & honestly just the fact he owned a home probably automatically drives up the value for that fact alone when he’s ready to sell. A guy buying properties being seen as a bad move is what is funny about TMZ commenting on anything of substance :skip: Some broke bamma commenting on whether or not Kanye will or won’t maintain his billionaire status:mjlol: “If he loses his Adidas deal.”:childplease:
 

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I don’t lol.

I’m a banker so my entire job is analysing businesses and making financial models.

I work in mergers and acquisitions and my whole day is spend analysing the potential of a business. Bigger billionaires have gone broke for less

His burning of bridges and alienating himself will mean he has less ‘real friends’ and his wife to just keep giving him more and more and more money.

His sabotaging himself has the potential to ruin his adidas deal and they’ll give him his equity and send him on his way.

He will blow through it in max 10 years

He is reducing his ability to make NEW money and dramatically lowering his probability of the serious brand deals (he only has one left….)

Cash needs to come IN and OUT

When it’s just out out out and the fact he spends and fronts all this shyt himself

He paid for ALL the models at the Yeezy show in Paris to fly private

And paid for the whole thing himself

Once adidas release him that equity money he will blow it
Nah bro, he is free.

He's funding everything so nobody else can own it. Ye is successful. He doesn't even listen to anyone who is less successful than he is.

He is a genius. If he made a billion before, HE CAN MAKE A BILLION AGAIN. He is tanking these relationships and deals because they were bad business and he wants out. True visionary.

He's going to overtake social media and make Parler the hottest thing ever. Don't doubt Ye.

Also, his name is YE! The fact that the title of this thread is referring to him as Kanye is disrespectful.
 
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