Kanye West has become the richest Black man in U.S. history, as it's revealed he's now worth a whopping $6.6 billion. The 43-year-old’s worth is led by his Yeezy line which is now in partnership with Adidas AG and Gap Inc, with the business valued between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion. According to Bloomberg, the upcoming collaboration between Yeezy and Gap – which is set to hit stores this summer “could be worth as much as $970 million of that total” with additional income coming from his music catalog, cash, stocks and business investments such as estranged wife Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS underwear brand. As well as having $1.7 billion in other assets, ‘Ye has $110 million from his music catalogue and $122 million in cash. West currently has full ownership and creative control of the Yeezy brand by himself after he previously signed a 10-year agreement to design and sell clothes under the Yeezy Gap label last year, Bloomberg adds. Citing the document obtained by their…
Source: Linda Ikeji
