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Re:Kanye West Vaults from Broke to Billions with Yeezy in De... by rvz on Friday April 24, 2020 @08:04PM (#22974304)
It's more than just 'CDs' or 'Downloads' for artists these days, which which is pretty much not what they just do to get revenue. It's from their merchandise, investments in other companies and also founding their own companies which actually makes them their billions.

Think of Dr. Dre's Beats, Jay-Z's Tidal and investments in Uber. Now Kanye's Yeezy brand too.

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Re:Kanye West Vaults from Broke to Billions with Yeezy in De... by krapp on Friday April 24, 2020 @08:21PM (#22974411)
>Think of Dr. Dre's Beats, Jay-Z's Tidal and investments in Uber. Now Kanye's Yeezy brand too.

Don't think of the time Soulja Boy tried selling bootleg game emulators[0], though.

[0]https://www.geek.com/games/finally-soulja-boy-is-selling-boo...

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