Published 23:28 IST, November 10th 2019

Kanye West wants to add 'Christian Genius Billionaire' to his name

While promoting new shoes by his design brand Yeezy, rapper Kanye West revealed his plans to legally change his name for a year, just so everyone knows it.

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At an invation festival recently, hip-hop artist Kanye West claimed that he might change his name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West for a year. This, he said while promoting his design brand called Yeezy which h his collaborator Steven Smith as its le designer. In an interview during festival, Kanye claimed that he wants people to kw that he has money and that he is a genius.

rapper's name was recently included in list of 'wealthiest hip-hop artists in world' by Forbes' magazine. However, it bored Kanye when y did t call him 'a billionaire' in ir magazine. artist recalled series of downfalls he h in year 2016 when he h reportedly asked social networking mogul, Mark Zuckerberg, for a loan of $1 billion and how he h w financially bounced back.

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Kanye wants to officially change his name to Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West to make a statement about t only his progress but also of African-American society. He cited example of Martin Lur King and claimed that it was for talking about social and ecomic empowerment of African-Americans that he was assassinated. Kanye also went on to quip about running for presidency of United States in 2024. 

Apart from this occasion, rapper has often publicly prounced himself in superlative terms. At a recent interview a few weeks ago, he marked himself as a creative genius and claimed that his music was perfect. He claimed to be "unquestionably, undoubtedly, greatest human artist of all time”.

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Kanye West has been married to reality TV star Kim Kardashian since 2014, and y have four children toger. couple has often contributed to cause of community empowerment through donations and charities. In fact, on occasion of his wife's birthday, Kanye West recently donated $1 million to four criminal justice reform charities. Kim Kardashian took to social media to share her joy with fans about gift given by her husband.

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14:54 IST, November 10th 2019