Kanye West Spars With ‘Forbes’ Over His Billionaire Status

Forbes magazine has finally confirmed Kanye West‘s billionaire status, but according to the musician, they still shorted him on his actual net-worth. Editors at the money mag claim West took issue with his published $1.3 billion estimate, texting staffers that apparently don’t know “how to count” that his net-worth is actually closer to 3.3 billion. Senior editor Zack O’Malley Greenburg said the rapper messaged the team of money-crunchers, “It’s not a billion. It’s $3.3 billion since no one at Forbes knows how to count.” West even accused the publication of being “a part of a group of media” attempting to “suppress his self-made narrative because of his race.” But Forbes has a longstanding system to ensure accuracy. “For years, Forbes had an informal ‘Trump rule’ — take whatever the [then]future president insisted he was worth, divide by three, and start honing from there,” Greenberg wrote. “Like mentor, like mentee.”