Kanye West Wants To Build A “City Of The Future” In Haiti

ByJoseph Gibsonon November 3, 2020inArticles›Billionaire News

Kanye West is going through an especially and potentially historic busy and productive phase right now. In addition to his infamous presidential run, he’s got projects in music, fashion, and business all going seemingly at once, and he recently took to one of his favorite platforms (Twitter) to discuss his latest: a “city of the future” to be located somewhere in Haiti .

West first talked about the idea on his recent interview with Joe Rogan , which you’ve probably already seen clips from if you spend any time on the internet at all. In the interview, he mentioned a recent trip to Haiti and claimed to have been “given” an island by President Jovenel Moïse to develop it. That raised quite a few eyebrows on its own, so West tweeted a clarification of what he’s trying to do:

“Just to be CLEAR: WE ARE IN ENGAGED WITH HAITI’s GOVERNMENT to make a transformational INVESTMENT to bring JOBS, DEVELOPMENT, HELP SUPPORT LOCAL FARMERS and FISHERMEN and Build a new « CITY OF THE FUTURE » in a very beautiful country.”

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Outside of West’s tweet progress of the project and what exactly the relationship is between he and the Haitian government doesn’t seem to be quite clear as of this writing. But a so-called “city of the future” would be in line with some of his ambitions in the past, including the futuristic dome structures on his own property in California that were town down after county officials in Calabasas said they were being constructed without sufficient permits. The domes were purportedly doing to be used to create some kind of low-income housing community on the property, according to reports at the time.

The concept of a futuristic city built by Kanye West might also remind you of rapper Akon’s " Akon City " in Senegal, which will purportedly operate entirely on a cryptocurrency also established by Akon.

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Future’s Next Big Career Goal: Become A Billionaire

ByJoseph Gibsonon November 30, 2022inArticles›Celebrity News

Reaching billionaire status is a goal that few entertainers reach, whether in the hip hop world or anywhere else in show business. To do so requires not just the good fortune of success but a generous proportion of business acumen as well. Which is why only a few artists have managed the feat. Now, Future says he wants to join the club in an interview with Billboard.

Future released his ninth studio album earlier this year, and the Billboard interviewer asked him what his plans are for his tenth. Instead of delving into his creative ambitions, Future put his goals into purely financial terms:

“My main focus right now is just to do something I never done. One thing I never done is make a billion dollars. I ain’t done that, so I’m focused on that.”

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That almost sounds like it could be bragging or self-promotion, but apparently Future is taking the goal of being a billionaire seriously, elaborating that he’s asked unnamed billionaires for advice on how to attain that rare status:

“Sometimes I ask questions, if I meet a billionaire, like, ‘How’d you get to where you got?’ Or, ‘How’d you accomplish everything that you have?’” he explained. “I have those conversations with different people, successful people. But the way I get mine might be different. It just helps me to understand that I’m on the right path when I talk to people that have billions.”

He continues, saying the billionaires he’s gotten advice from seem to think he might just make it into the club:

“When I hear them talk, I be like, ‘OK, I’m on the right path.’ They reassure me that I’m doing the right thing. No matter what my music career is, I want to just be able to have that friend, somebody that always has my back, [and] just priceless individuals getting me wherever I need to go. Even when it’s going crazy for me, I know I have priceless people around me. I got unconditional love.”

Of course, it’s worth pointing out that even music billionaires like Jay-Z or Rihanna didn’t reach billionaire status purely through their recording and performing careers, investing heavily in other industries in order to make it happen. So it’s unlikely that Future would become a billionaire just on the commercial strength of his next record, even if it’s a massive smash. And it’s also unlikely that Future doesn’t know that, so it’s a safe bet that if he’s serious about his billionaire dreams they involve a lot more than just making music.

Future has already seen plenty of success in the music world with a very respectable net worth of $50 million, but he’ll have to see quite a bit more to hit the billion dollar mark. Stay tuned over the next few years to see if he actually makes it.

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