It’s likely his music industry earnings will take a hit following his publicized antisemitism, as on-demand fitness giant Peloton announced it would no longer play his music during their classes. For some context, Jay-Z-who was reported as the hip-hop industry’s second-highest-paid artist in the Forbes article-made an estimated $81 million in 2019 in comparison. They calculated an estimated income of around $150 million a year after deducting fees for agents, managers and lawyers based on pretax income documentation. In a September 2019 Forbes report, Kanye West’s net worth placed him as the highest-paid rapper in hip-hop But Gigi called Ye out for being a “bully” and stood by Gabriella in her defense. Ye attacked fashion editor Gabriella via social media and the two have continuously argued with each other on social media. The most notable one is between him and Gigi Hadid and her friend Gabriella Karefa-Johnson. The DONDA artist received a lot of criticism about how dangerous the slogan was from various people in the industry.

This major move in Kanye’s fashion career seemed like a step in the right direction for the artist-that is, until his fashion brand Yeezy’s appearance at Paris Fashion Week in October 2022, where Ye debuted a t-shirt that had the slogan “White Lives Matter” emblazoned on the back. Major updates to Kanye West’s net worth were first reported back in 2020 when the rapper launched his Yeezy x Gap collaboration in June of that year it elevated him to that coveted 10-figure sum.

The DONDA rapper had previously battled against industry-wide net worth reports by the likes Forbes over personal claims that his net worth is far higher than publicly estimated. Most of Ye’s fashion collaborators and sponsors subsequently cut ties with him and relieved him of his billionaire title. On October 10, 2022, West said in a since-deleted Tweet that he was “going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE,” and also that, “You guys have toyed with me and tried to black ball anyone whoever opposes your agenda.” He was swiftly blocked from the social media platform for violating Twitter’s user policies on hate speech. He might be a multiple-award-winning music producer and rapper, but Kanye West’s net worth is crumbling thanks to his increasingly hostile and bigoted presence on social media.

The Bigger They Are by Kim Alan