Kanye West Reportedly Purchasing Tune Catalog, Needs $175M Valuation

The artist previously often called Kanye West—allegedly, no less than—has been “quietly” testing the marketplace for his publishing catalog.

The occasion of alleging in query stems from a Billboard report on Monday from Ed Christman, who cited sources as stating that Ye’s catalog brings in an estimated $5 million yearly for the artist alone and roughly $13.25 million in complete publishing-derived royalties annually.

The report’s sources declare members of Ye’s staff have met with numerous potential patrons over the previous 10 months, with the largest pull by way of such alleged talks being that Ye is in search of a valuation of as much as 35 instances the gross revenue, a determine that—if the estimate $5 million annual determine for Ye alone (i.e. his portion of the whole generated revenue other than different credited songwriters) is correct—would shake out to a possible $175 million valuation.

Ye’s catalog, after all, is inarguably stacked with globally acknowledged hits and universally acclaimed albums. Thus, it’s not tough to think about Ye with the ability to safe that sort of valuation, though the report factors out a number of attainable problems, together with some unresolved splits.

It’s essential to notice all of that is largely speculative, to not point out the report itself notes towards the underside that different sources have alleged that Ye’s catalog “was by no means actively shopped” however was as an alternative met with affords.