Kanye West’s Net Worth is a Mystery: It Could Factor Into a Divorce From Bianca Censori
Kanye West‘s heyday appears to be behind him. Once considered a top artist, the music mogul has all but tweeted himself out of the entertainment business. With his most recent string of antisemitic remarks and his wife, Bianca Censori’s naked stunt at the Grammy Awards, the world appears to have grown tired of his antics. Even his talent agency opted to part ways with him after his recent behavior.
It’s not the first time he’s run into trouble, and it has affected his pockets mightily. According to reports, Kanye West’s net worth has plummeted since 2022. His net worth could factor heavily into a potential divorce.
Is Kanye West a billionaire?
Kanye West has spent many years in the entertainment industry. Many of those years were incredibly lucrative for West. Aside from his music, West had a successful run in the fashion industry and once held a pretty impressive real estate portfolio. Still, his net worth has ebbed and flowed over the years. It has been especially volatile in the last few, as controversy and divorce have altered public perception of the rapper.
Despite his controversial history, the musician was a billionaire at one time. In 2022, Forbes estimated his fortune at $2 billion, although West argued that his net worth was much higher. After joining the outlet’s billionaire list, he claimed the publication had gotten it all wrong. At the time, he claimed he was worth closer to $3.5 billion.
Forbes listed the famed rapper as a billionaire just before his online tirades cost him his Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga partnerships. His collaboration with Adidas, which worked with West on his Yeezy brand sneakers, was reportedly worth $1.5 billion alone. The publication now lists his net worth at $400 million. Still, West insists it is much higher. He recently took to social media to claim an independent business valuation company values his business at $2.77 billion.
What does Kanye’s net worth mean in a potential divorce?
Kanye West’s net worth, whatever it happens to be, could factor heavily into divorce proceedings if he and Bianca Censori were to split. While rumors are swirling that the couple is on the rocks, their representation insists all is fine.
But what if West and Censori do divorce? According to several sources, Censori and West don’t have a prenuptial agreement. Because they were married in California, a state that believes in the division of assets and debts, things could play out dramatically for the pair, depending on which net worth valuation is correct.
If Forbes’ valuation is accurate, Censori could be partially on the hook for debts West has incurred during the marriage. If West’s recently shared valuation is correct, it would be safe to assume Ye made a fair bit of money while married to Censori. Assuming that it is true that the couple does not have a prenuptial agreement, she could walk away from the marriage with a pretty big check in hand.
West was married once before meeting Censori. He married Kim Kardashian in 2014. They split in 2021 and finalized their divorce the following year. Kardashian and West did have a prenup in place, although it’s unclear if Kardashian was the driving force behind the document.
