Kanye West’s $57 million Malibu mansion is a pretty good metaphor for Kanye himself. Like the man now known as Ye, the Tadao Ando-designed beachside house was once imminently likeable, the epitome of artistic ingenuity.
Now, both Ye and his 4,000 square foot Malibu home have rotted from the inside out.
To be fair, Ye’s issues have always been there but the Malibu mansion could’ve stayed pretty. Let’s take a trip through time, back to when Ye purchased the house, to witness it decline over the past few years, dovetailing neatly with Ye’s public reputation (and, depending on how you feel about his recent music, his career).
In late September 2021, news broke that Ye acquired a Tadao Ando-designed oceanfront house in Malibu for about $57 million.
Before Ye purchased the mansion, it was listed for closer to $75 million. Shortly after, Ye listed his Wyoming ranch for sale (only $11 million!).
Shortly after, Kim Kardashian separately bought herself a gargantuan $70m house in Malibu, not so far from Ye’s new digs.
Ye’s enormous Malibu home boasted a brutalist façade typical of Ye’s tastes, giant windows overlooking the sea, and approximately 4,000 square feet, which is a pretty big footprint for Malibu.
In early 2022, as Ye and Kim Kardashian moved towards their inevitable divorce and he began prepping the much-delayed DONDA 2, Ye brought in contractors to oversee extensive remodeling plans for his Malibu palace, renovations that were destined to remain uncomplete perhaps forever.
By summer 2022, Ye’s Malibu house was entirely gutted and barren as repairs dragged on and on. The floor-to-ceiling windows facing the water had long been removed, leaving the rear of the building entirely open to the elements.
Ye was at one point spotted checking out the progress in the middle of summer, taking one of his many girlfriends at the time with him.
Weeks turned into months and, by the end of 2022, Ye had gone full white nationalist. Eventually, his anti-Semitic outbursts would lead nearly…
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