Billionaire rapper Kanye West has been called out on social media for publicly praising his wife Kim Kardashian after she secured a billionaire status today.
Kim, recently made herself a billionaire after selling one fifth of her beauty brand for $200million (£163million).
Kanye 43, took to his twitter page to congratulate his wife for his new achievement.
He wrote:
“I am so proud of my beautiful wife Kim Kardashian West for officially becoming a billionaire.
“You’ve weathered the craziest storms and now God is shining on you and our family.”
Along with the message, he shared an image of fresh produce and flowers laid out in the sun. Naturally.
“So blessed this is still life,” he captioned. “So I made you this still life.”
“We love you so much,” the musician added.
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Meanwhile, some fans criticized the rapper and his family for their quest for wealth in the wake of the global crisis.
See a few tweets below:
“Accumulating wealth isn’t the biggest accomplishment, & I thought u & @KimKardashianwere evolved enough to know that. Furthermore, real rich people have enough tact to nevertheless brag about or disclose the actual sum of their worth.” – Polly Elizabeth
“Ask yourself how, during a global pandemic, in the worst economy since the Great Depression, with 45.5 million Americans filing for unemployment, the total net worth of U.S. billionaires has climbed from $2.9 trillion to $3.5 trillion. The system is rigged.” – Firstnamebunchofnumbers(notabot)
“Can you get your sister in law to pay her workers in Bangladesh?” – decolonise Okinawa
“Cool dude. 45 million Americans are unemployed right now” – Joe Davis
“I think during this pandemic, everyone who’s lost friends and family, their jobs and risk losing their homes, can really take heart that a woman with no discernable talent has become a billionaire.
Truly inspirational.” – London Lofty
