Kanye West is Now The Richest Black Person in US History.

Thanks to his Yeezy Brand, Kanye West is now worth $6.6 Billion making him the richest black person in US history.
The rapper’s sneaker and apparel business Yeezy is worth between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion. The “Famous” rapper also has $122 million in cash and stock and $110 million from his music catalog, alongside $1.7 billion in other assets.

The 43-year-old rapper is worth $6.6 billion, a significant increase from the amount that West was reported as being worth back in April 2020 by Forbes .

Led by his sneaker and apparel business Yeezy, which is now in partnership with Adidas AG and Gap Inc., the business is valued between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion by UBS Group AG. The value of the new Gap collaboration with Yeezy, which is scheduled to hit stores this summer, “could be worth as much as $970 million of that total,” Bloomberg reported, citing a bank estimate.

Source: People.com