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Kanye West says he lost $2bn in a single day this week after losing several major partnerships over his antisemitic comments.
On Thursday, the rapper, also known as Ye, posted a message to Ari Emanuel, the CEO of entertainment and media agency Endeavor who had urged companies to cease doing business with the rapper over his recent spate of hateful comments about Jewish people.
“Ari Emanuel, I lost 2 billion dollars in one day and I’m still alive,” West wrote on Instagram, having regained control of his account after being restricted on the platform for sharing hate speech. “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.”
It had been widely speculated that West lost his billionaire status this week after several business and fashion associates cut ties over several antisemitic comments made by the rapper in recent weeks, and after he promoted clothing with the white supremacist slogan “White Lives Matter” at Paris fashion week.
