The designer turned rapper Kanye West has been the subject of a lot of attention in recent months for his support for ex-President Donald Trump, a failed presidential campaign, and for his separation of Kim Kardashian.
The entrepreneur and musician has a net worth of $1.8 billion in accordance with Forbes. Although his first career was in the music industry quickly he moved into the world of fashion in which he was able to increase his earnings and wealth considerably.
Kanye West almost developed a video game with Nintendo
While the majority of people may recognize Kanye West for his accomplishments in fashion and music however, many might not be aware that the rapper has a an interest for a long time in gaming and has attempted numerous times to break into the gaming industry.
Although his accomplishments in this industry has been sporadic However, the tale of Kanye’s involvement with games industry has been a fascinating one.
A former Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils Aime has disclosed his revelation that Kanye West has approached Nintendo of America, a gaming company in hopes of working together on an online game.
On a podcast for charity, Talking Games with Reggie & Harold, Fils-Aime claims that rapper Kanye West and the Yeezy creator approached him during E3 at the convention for gamers. E3 through Nintendodesigner Shigeru Miyamoto.
“Part of it was speaking about the things he was working on. He was playing around with an element of video game-related content. He was looking for reactions to it. He appears and says: “I would like to collaborate on a project with Nintendo.'”
The Nintendo collaboration wouldn’t be Kanye West’s first venture in the realm of games for video neither. In 2016 the rapper released an official video trailer of “Only One which is a game where the player helps the mother of his character, Donda West, through the afterlife. However, the project seemed to end in failure after the developers of Encyclopedia Pictura claiming that they had parted ways with West.
The exchange at E3 likely resulted in a formal meeting among West as well as Nintendo. The company, however, decided to decline the invitation to cooperate, claiming that there were too many other commitments.
Kanye West Net Worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, the Hurricane singer has a net worth of $6.6billion.
While his music, tours, and merchandise made him a multi-millionaire, it was his fashion brand, Yeezy, which put him into the billionaires club,
The Yeezy brand, which Ye owns outright, is estimated to be worth around $5billion, and his collaboration with The Gap is estimated to be worth around $1billion.
His ex-wife, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, divorced him, but she is holding up just fine with her own net worth, which currently stands at $1.4billion.
