Kanye West fans have started donating thousands to help Kanye out of debt.
After Go Fund Me shut down the first fundraising page to help Kanye West out of debt, a new fan has started another Go Fund Me page to help Kanye and apparently it’s working.
As Kanye West has told us time and time again he is the “greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time.” Great artists need to be supported financially to achieve their full potential.
To quote Mr. West, “I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh. Walt Disney. Nike. Google. Now who’s gonna be the Medici family and stand up and let me create more!”
WE MUST BE THE MEDICI FAMILY TO KANYE. (Via)
The founder of the campaign, Jeremy Piatt, told Mashable that he’s “trying to help out the greatest living artist of our time while he’s in need… I knew I had to do anything I could to help, because as all my friends would tell you, I’m just a very giving person.”
Piatt is the Co-founder and Creative Director at Paul Bunyan Design in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Paul Bunyan Design offers branding, logo and web design services, serving a number of clients – though West isn’t one of them.
So far, his “friends” have donated over $1,000.
Some people are taking this Go Fund Me page pretty seriously.
I donate negative 54 million dollars. Maybe his clothing line should not have looked like the bums in Compton designed them. Wtf?? How about we raise money to feed starving children here in America?? Hmmm.. What a thought.
Please….How about you suck the implant out of your wifes ass and auction it off…..What an Idiot.
I will leave you zero dollars. You are the biggest jerkoff in the world and married to that disgusting pig. I’ll be willing to help you raise money if you’re willing to fight me for a charity event. 50% goes to a charity such as St. Jude’s, Make A Wish or Wounded Warrior and the other 50% goes to your stupid cause. I don’t want a dollar…only the satisfaction of punching you in the face. Let’s see what kind of man you really are.
According to Forbes.com, Go Fund Me is making sure that the money will be delivered to Kanye West.
While admitting that it’s “for fun, for sure,” Piatt says he doesn’t want a “single penny.” He says he’s working with GoFundMe to make sure that the money goes directly to West. GoFundMe is used to situations where campaigns are earmarked for beneficiaries, noting on their site that, “Through GoFundMe they [the beneficiaries] will be given direct access to the money you have raised for them.”
However, this may backfire for Piatt. Because, according to reports, the IRS would be after Piatt for the gift tax.
If the IRS felt that Piatt had exercised control over the money, it might have been subject to gift tax when he turned it over to West. The gift tax on $53 million? A whopping $19,020,000. Piatt could argue that he was simply a middleman – but why even have to make that argument? If, however, as is the case here, the money were paid directly over to West, there are no fraud or tax issues.
If you want to donate and help a millionaire out of debt, here you go.
