Kanye West embarked on a Twitter tirade on Saturday and Sunday in which he stated he is “53 million dollars in personal debt.”
The rapper opened by explaining the meaning of the third and final title to his new album, “The Life of Pablo,” after which he tweeted, “Let’s dance in the streets. I am consumed by my purpose to help the world.”
He then buried the major news in his following tweet, when he said, “I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt … Please pray we overcome … This is my true heart …”
The tweets came as West was set to appear on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live,” after which he released his new album two days behind schedule on the streaming service Tidal. His last message of Saturday evening was, “They are calling me to the SNL stage now … Speak soon …”
On Sunday morning, he issued a request to the founder of Facebook.
“Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas,” his tweet read. He then proceeded to tweet the seeming non sequitur: “after realizing he is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time,” and “Ima fix wolves” before sending out a plea to music listeners.
“Please for all music lovers. Please subscribe to tidal!!! I decided not to sell my album for another week. Please subscribe to tidal.”
West clocked in at No. 20 on Forbes’ 2014 list of highest-paid celebrities, but has since dropped off.
Read the tweets below.
Paul … The most powerful messenger of the first century… Now we stand here 20 centuries later… Because he was a traveler…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
He was a learned man not of the original sect so he was able to take the message to the rest of the world…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
He was saved from persecution due to his Roman citizenship… I have the right to speak my voice…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
Please forgive the profanity and give hugs and blessings to my brother Kirk for standing by me… In a few hours the journey begins…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
All memes are wrong… The Life of Paul… The life of Pablo… Ultralight beams… Moms dads daughters sons stand up…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
Let’s dance in the streets. I am consumed by my purpose to help the world.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt… Please pray we overcome… This is my true heart…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
This is all all is fun all in good feelings… We will all be gone 100 years from now but what did we do to help while we were here!!!
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
They are calling me to the SNL stage now … Speak soon…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
after realizing he is the greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
Ima fix wolves
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016
Please for all music lovers. Please subscribe to tidal!!! I decided not to sell my album for another week. Please subscribe to tidal.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016