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Kanye West Is Asking For A Helping Hand, Worth $1 Billion From Mark Zuckerberg

by Jasmine Payoute

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) –  Outspoken rapper Kaye West put his "twitter fingers" to work once again. This time instead of proclaiming Bill Cosby's innocence he's asking Mark Zuckerberg for a loan.

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The platinum selling artist tweeted about his financial setbacks on Saturday, claiming that he was more than $50 million in debt.

While it's unclear exactly what the money will go to Kanye says that he cant afford to support his career and his family. Kanye recently welcomed a baby boy, Saint West, into his clan of four.

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Kanye's twitter was rather active as these were only a fraction of what Kanye had to say over the Valentine's Day weekend. "I know I confuse you guys but please bare with me... I don't have enough resources to create what I really can...You love hip hop, you love my art… I am your favorite artist but you watch me barely breathe and still play my album in your house....World, please tweet, FaceTime, Facebook, Instagram, whatever you gotta do to get Mark to support me," are just a few of all that Kanye had to say.

Billionaires beware Kanye is, "down for your help too."

The rapper even seemed to compare helping him to helping matters abroad.

He added, "All you guys had meetings with me and no one lifted a finger to help."

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The pleading rapper certainly has a track record for cashing out. The ring Kanye used to propose to Kim Kardashian in 2013 cost an estimated $8 million, and to top it all off he did it in a 41,000 capacity baseball stadium in San Francisco.

He concluded his twitter by saying, "No matter what level you're at in life there is still a struggle."

 

 

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