--- title: You Can Now Donate to a GoFundMe to Get Kanye Out of 'Debt' description: Kanye West not only released his latest album, The Life of Pablo, last week, he also revealed that he was $53 million in debt. canonical: https://time.com/4227459/donate-gofundme-kanye-debt/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-17T17:33:13.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T08:02:56.146Z og:title: You Can Now Donate to a GoFundMe to Help Kanye Get Out of 'Debt' og:description: The rapper tweeted that he was in need of $53 million og:url: https://time.com/4227459/donate-gofundme-kanye-debt/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: You Can Now Donate to a GoFundMe to Help Kanye Get Out of 'Debt' twitter:description: The rapper tweeted that he was in need of $53 million twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # You Can Now Donate to a GoFundMe to Help Kanye Get Out of 'Debt' > Sponsored content. 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Kanye West Says Billionaires Are Calling After He Begged For Cash_  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 17, 2016 5:33 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Feb 17, 2016 5:33 PM UTC > [](https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/698699904303132672) Kanye West not only released his latest album, [_The Life of Pablo_](http://time.com/4226154/review-kanye-west-life-of-pablo/), last week, he also revealed that he was [$53 million in debt](https://time.com/nextadvisor/loans/personal-loans/how-to-get-a-personal-loan/). Or, at least that he was in need of that sum “to [bring more beautiful ideas](http://time.com/4224413/kanye-west-mark-zuckerberg/) to the world,” according to [a tweet](https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/699307951324958722) from the rapper. Now, thanks to a fan named Jeremy Piatt, a [GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/kanyesmedicis) has been created to help fund Ye’s future music and fashion projects. “Recently, Kanye let us in on his personal struggle. He is 53 million dollars in debt,” Piatt wrote. “We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today. Sure he is personally rich and can [buy furs and houses for his family](https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/699307904893976576), but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can’t be realized.” **Read More:** [Kanye West Says He’s $53 Million in Debt](http://time.com/4224489/kanye-west-album-debt/) Piatt explained to [Mashable](http://mashable.com/2016/02/17/kanye-gofundme/#BLvgSnWeCgq6) that he wouldn’t be personally able to withdraw any of the money from the account. “I am trying to reach out to Kanye or his people so the funds can be transferred to him,” he said. “I have been in contact with GoFundMe and we’ve agreed to keep the page up, but I am not able to withdraw any money. The only people who will be able to withdraw money will be Kanye or his team.” The page has been active for one day and 150 people have donated $1,032 of the $53 million in that time. ## Transcript [ NOISE ] Musician Kanye West is known for his rants on stage but it's his recent rants on Twitter that seemed to be paying off. Just one day after posting a series of rants like these saying he has 53 million dollars in personal debt and asking Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg To give him $ 1 billion dollars to invest in his ideas. The entertaining singer posted these tweets saying it paid off. Quote, I'm ultra light beaming right now. So many people have called or emailed to help today. Hedge fund guys, billionaires, etcetera. Kanye West also explained why he's asking for money, saying it's not that he's broke But wants the money to help get his recently launched clothing line to the next level. He also shared why he did it so publicly, with these tweets. If the self- proclaimed cockiest person in the world can lay his personal business on the line, then please people, see my heart. This is a God dream. 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