He has a reported value of $ 6.6 billion and is going through a high-profile divorce with Kim Kardashian.
And now Kanye West is telling his story on his own terms in a new documentary that is said to have been 21 years in the making.
On Tuesday, Billboard.com reported that Netflix has spent more than $ 30 million to acquire the feature being developed by Ye’s collaborators Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah.
Netflix acquired a documentary detailing Kanye West’s life from the late 1990s onwards for more than $ 30 million, Billboard, com reported Tuesday.
According to Billboard, Simmons has been filming Kanye since the late 1990s.
Never-before-seen images include the rapper’s early career in Chicago, the death of his mother Donda West, his foray into the fashion industry, and his 2020 presidential run.
It is unknown if he will also include details of his highly publicized mental health breakdown in 2016 that led to his hospitalization in Los Angeles.
Simmons and Ozah worked with Kanye on his Through The Wire video released in 2003 and on the third version of Jesus Walks.
The feature film is being made by Ye’s collaborators Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah, photographed in 2015. The duo worked with Kanye on his Through The Wire video in 2003 and Simmons has been filming the artist since the late 1990s. 1990, according to Billboard
The documentary will reportedly include footage from the rapper’s early career in Chicago and will deal with the death of his mother Donda West in 2007.
He will also detail his 2020 presidential run (pictured with Donald Trump in the Oval Office in October 2018) but it is unknown whether he will also address his highly publicized mental health collapse in 2016 that left him hospitalized in Los Angeles.
A source told Billboard that the Life Of Pablo artist has given the duo his blessing for the project that the couple will jointly produce with TIME Studios.
The as-yet-untitled documentary is scheduled to air on Netflix later this year.
Meanwhile, West’s former bodyguard Steve Stanulis is also said to be purchasing a documentary about the rapper and is reportedly ‘still in talks with multiple platforms.’
A source told Billboard that the Life Of Pablo artist has given his blessing for the project that is being produced in conjunction with TIME Studios and will air later this year.
Last month, Bloomberg put 43-year-old Kanye’s wealth at $ 6.6 billion, based primarily on his highly successful Yeezy brand and lucrative deals with Adidas and Gap (pictured March 2020 on stage at Paris Fashion Week with her daughter North West).
The recording artist also has $ 122 million in cash and stock, according to Bloomberg’s March report, and his music catalog is valued at $ 110 million (pictured from September 2016).
Last month, Bloomberg put the 43-year-old Kanye’s wealth at about $ 6.6 billion, based primarily on his highly successful Yeezy brand that is reputed to be worth between $ 3.2 billion and $ 4.7 billion.
Its shoe and apparel lines have benefited from lucrative partnership deals with Adidas AG and Gap Inc., and its Gap apparel collection will debut this summer.
The recording artist also has $ 122 million in cash and stock, according to Bloomberg’s March report, and his music catalog is valued at $ 110 million.
He also has $ 17 billion in other assets, including a substantial interest in his wife Kim’s Skims line of shapers.
The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star filed for divorce from Kanye in February after seven years of marriage.
He is said to have worked on an asset-sharing arrangement before filing the formal return and, according to UsWeekly, the former couple is reported to have agreed to share custody of their four children, North, seven, Saint, five, Chicago, three. , and Salmo, who will be two years old next month.
Kanye also has $ 17 billion in other assets, including a substantial interest in his wife Kim’s Skims line of shapers. The reality star filed for divorce in January after seven years of marriage (pictured May 2016)
Kim, 40, also officially joined the billionaires club on Tuesday when Forbes included her on its List of World’s Billionaires.
The store attributed its greatest wealth to the success of its KKW Beauty and Skims brands.
He also has lucrative endorsement deals and other investments and won $ 200 million in a deal to sell 20 percent of KKW Beauty to Coty last year.
Forbes previously stated that Kim’s younger half-sister, Kylie Jenner, was a billionaire when she transferred 51 percent of her beauty company Kylie Cosmetics to Coty.
Kim, 40, also officially joined the billionaires club on Tuesday when Forbes included her on its List of World’s Billionaires. The outlet attributed its greatest wealth to the success of its KKW Beauty and Skims brands.