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Kanye West reveals the one change he was forced to make after losing $2,000,000,000 in one day

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Published 15:14 6 Feb 2025 GMT

Kanye West reveals the one change he was forced to make after losing $2,000,000,000 in one day

The 47-year-old explained the main difference between a millionaire and a billionaire - having been both himself

Joe Yates

Joe Yates

Featured Image Credit: YouTube/Justin Laboy

Topics: Kanye West, Podcast, Celebrity

Joe Yates
Joe Yates

Joe is a journalist for UNILAD, who particularly enjoys writing about crime. He has worked in journalism for five years, and has covered everything from murder trials to celeb news.

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Kanye West says he had to make one major change following a reported drop of $2 million in his bank account.

In 2022, the rapper faced huge backlash over a string of comments which were accused of being anti-semitic - with one of his most notable Twitter posts claiming he'd go 'death con 3 ON JEWISH PEOPLE'.

His comments got him banned from Twitter and Instagram, though he later claimed he wasn't 'Anti Semitic because black people are actually Jew also', however, the damage was done, with several brands associated with West severing ties with him.

Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the Grammys (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)
Kanye West and Bianca Censori at the Grammys (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)

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In a statement, Adidas, who'd been in partnership with the musician for Yeezy, said they didn't 'tolerate antisemitism and any other sort of hate speech'.

At the time, CEO of Endeavor, a talent agency, Ari Emanuel, who is Jewish, had called on companies, like Apple and Spotify, to cease all involvement with West.

The musician later took to Instagram to claim he'd lost '2 billion in one day', adding: "And I’m still alive. This is love speech. I still love you. God still loves you. The money is not who I am. The people is who I am."

However, this dramatic loss cost West his billionaire status - though his net worth is still in an staggering amount.

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Now, the 47-year-old has revealed the one change he made after losing all that money, while invited on Justin Laboy's new podcast, The Download.

West claims he had to start dressing differently (YouTube/Justin Laboy)
West claims he had to start dressing differently (YouTube/Justin Laboy)

"When you get the money, when you got money, you go in and like try to prove you got money. You know what I'm saying?" he said. "I remember when I lost all that Adidas money I was like damn I got to start dressing up like a millionaire now - which actually means more jewelry, when you a billionaire you can dress like super bummy."

West continued: "I got to like pull up with the cars, 'N***** we still got it, we ain't going nowhere!'."

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Laboy also revealed that he once had to pay for the 'Stronger' hitmaker's meal when they went out to dinner together due to his assets having been 'frozen'.

Speaking about West's financial hardships, the host shared: "I was with you when you was canceled all the way, we was going to eat every day."

"We never was unrich," Kanye interjected, to which Laboy continued: "Ever! We were still going out to eat, the hotels ain't change, the jets ain't change, the headlines got a little bit different."

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He added: “We were going there to eat every day. I remember when they froze your accounts. Man, listen I had to put my little American Express down. You was pulling up and they were like 'hey Ye's over here eating'.

"That was the first time I saw a billionaire have no access to money.”

Elsewhere on the podcast, West revealed he had been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder after his wife, Bianca Censori, told him that 'something about your personality doesn’t feel like it’s bipolar'.

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