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Kanye West Begs Silicon Valley for Money After Tweeting Debt

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Kanye West wants $1 billion from Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg

He’s “this generation’s Disney” and technology leaders like Mark Zuckerberg would be doing the world a favor by investing a cool $1 billion in his musical ambitions.

That was the gist of an early Monday tweetstorm by rapper Kanye West, hours after he raised questions about his personal finances with this tweet that hinted he has $53 million worth of debt:

I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt... Please pray we overcome... This is my true heart...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016

In a fresh crop of posts, West made direct pleas to Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook Inc., and Larry Page, Alphabet Inc.’s CEO and the co-founder of Google, asking that they funnel some cash into his ideas:

Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016

Mark Zuckerberg I know it’s your bday but can you please call me by 2mrw…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016

World, please tweet, FaceTime, Facebook, instagram, whatever you gotta do to get Mark to support me…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016

Mark, I am publicly asking you for help…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016

hey Larry Page I’m down for your help too …
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016

West insinuated that Silicon Valley was full of hypocrites — executives who want to look cool listening to rap, yet never did anything to further growth in the music industry:

All you dudes in San Fran play rap music in your homes but never help the real artists…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 15, 2016

The rapper made a thinly veiled reference to Zuckerberg’s education philanthropy — he is part of an investment group that aims to bring cheap, private education to millions of children across Africa and Asia. Frankly, said West, the money could be better spent helping him with his creative efforts, as he claimed to be the “Jordan and Steph Curry of music, meaning I’m the best of 2 generations”

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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Tuesday February 16 2016, @01:52AM

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday February 16 2016, @01:52AM (#304998) Homepage Journal

    I keep hearing his name on the radio. Musician? I never hear his music. All I hear are tales about his sordid affairs. Sounds like a dirt ball to me. And, he's asking the world for a billion dollars? Well, hell, maybe I can ask Suckerberg for a billion dollars. I wouldn't invest it in shit music. Instead, I'd go about creating jobs for my fellow Americans.

    As for listening to rap - I've already started down the path of senility. Give me another 20 years, and maybe I'll be able to listen to rap. If you can't remember from one "note" to the next, I guess rap might sound alright. Noise is noise, right?

    I can't help wondering why rappers never bothered to study music. Some of them might have become musicians, if they had any talent.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 16 2016, @06:35AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 16 2016, @06:35AM (#305076)

    I can't help wondering why rappers never bothered to study music. Some of them might have become musicians, if they had any talent

    das racis!