Kanye West’s grand ambitions have by no means been a secret, however his newest endeavor would possibly simply take the cake.
The rapper, identified for his boundary-pushing tasks and unreleased albums, is now setting his sights on a complete self-sustaining metropolis within the Center East known as DROAM. That’s proper — Ye desires to construct an enormous metropolis midway around the globe.
Nonetheless, this transfer comes amid a backdrop of unfinished ventures and deserted properties which have left followers each intrigued and skeptical.
For years, West has teased followers with album bulletins that by no means materialize, leaving devotees disenchanted and pissed off. His newest mission, a collaboration with Ty Dolla $ign, was promised to drop final weekend however, unsurprisingly, didn’t see the sunshine of day.
(Speculations now flow into that the album would possibly debut on New Yr’s Eve, though followers stay cautious about giving their hopes up.)
But, in a stunning flip, West took to X to disclose his most audacious announcement but: the creation of DROAM. He goals to construct it someplace within the Center East, however doesn’t say particularly the place.
The town, nonetheless in Section 1 improvement, boasts plans to span a staggering 100,000 acres — twice the scale of New York Metropolis. West is actively searching for collaborators, calling upon mission managers, engineers, architects, contractors and builders to affix the formidable endeavor.
Nonetheless, amid this visionary proclamation, reviews emerged of West’s Los Angeles church, a property he acquired in March for $1.5 million, now mendacity in neglect.
Footage surfaced showcasing boarded-up home windows and accumulating trash, portray a stark distinction to the visionary’s world aspirations.
Including to the saga, West just lately listed his Malibu house on the market after abandoning plans to renovate it amid monetary woes. The house has no home windows or electrical energy for the time being.
That California property, stripped all the way down to its core earlier this 12 months, now bears a list value of $53 million, considerably decrease than the $57.25 million he paid for it simply two years in the past.
As followers digest the information of DROAM, West’s historical past of unrealized tasks and deserted properties casts a shadow over this latest enterprise.