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Kanye West Gets Trolled By Philadelphia PD, Go Fund Me Donors
Looking to advertise your business or fundraising effort on the cheap? Consider making a donation to Kanye West.
The rapper tweeted on Feb. 13 that he was $53 million in debt, and called upon billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for financial aid. The cry for help was especially puzzling given Kanye’s decision to allow his album new Life of Pablo to be streamed for free at Tidal, all while asking for donations so he could “bring more beautiful ideas to the world.”
Luckily, a fan named Jeremy Piatt came to Ye’s rescue on Tuesday. Piatt created a GoFundMe web page to help fund the rapper’s future music and fashion endeavors, asking for (you guessed it) $53 million in donations. “We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today,” he wrote. “Sure he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can’t be realized.”
Read Next: How Much Money Kanye West Will Lose By Streaming ‘The Life of Pablo’ on Tidal
As of Thursday at midday, nearly 400 donations had been made to the page, for a total of around $3,800. But who in their right mind would donate to someone like Kanye–a superstar who earns in the neighborhood of $20 million to $30 million a year?Looking to advertise your business or fundraising effort on the cheap? Consider making a donation to Kanye West.
The rapper tweeted on Feb. 13 that he was $53 million in debt, and called upon billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for financial aid. The cry for help was especially puzzling given Kanye’s decision to allow his album new Life of Pablo to be streamed for free at Tidal, all while asking for donations so he could “bring more beautiful ideas to the world.”
Luckily, a fan named Jeremy Piatt came to Ye’s rescue on Tuesday. Piatt created a GoFundMe web page to help fund the rapper’s future music and fashion endeavors, asking for (you guessed it) $53 million in donations. “We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today,” he wrote. “Sure he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can’t be realized.”
As of Thursday at midday, nearly 400 donations had been made to the page, for a total of around $3,800. But who in their right mind would donate to someone like Kanye–a superstar who earns in the neighborhood of $20 million to $30 million a year?
http://time.com/money/4228959/kanye-west-gofundme-why-donate/
The rapper tweeted on Feb. 13 that he was $53 million in debt, and called upon billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for financial aid. The cry for help was especially puzzling given Kanye’s decision to allow his album new Life of Pablo to be streamed for free at Tidal, all while asking for donations so he could “bring more beautiful ideas to the world.”
Luckily, a fan named Jeremy Piatt came to Ye’s rescue on Tuesday. Piatt created a GoFundMe web page to help fund the rapper’s future music and fashion endeavors, asking for (you guessed it) $53 million in donations. “We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today,” he wrote. “Sure he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can’t be realized.”
Read Next: How Much Money Kanye West Will Lose By Streaming ‘The Life of Pablo’ on Tidal
As of Thursday at midday, nearly 400 donations had been made to the page, for a total of around $3,800. But who in their right mind would donate to someone like Kanye–a superstar who earns in the neighborhood of $20 million to $30 million a year?Looking to advertise your business or fundraising effort on the cheap? Consider making a donation to Kanye West.
The rapper tweeted on Feb. 13 that he was $53 million in debt, and called upon billionaires like Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for financial aid. The cry for help was especially puzzling given Kanye’s decision to allow his album new Life of Pablo to be streamed for free at Tidal, all while asking for donations so he could “bring more beautiful ideas to the world.”
Luckily, a fan named Jeremy Piatt came to Ye’s rescue on Tuesday. Piatt created a GoFundMe web page to help fund the rapper’s future music and fashion endeavors, asking for (you guessed it) $53 million in donations. “We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today,” he wrote. “Sure he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can’t be realized.”
As of Thursday at midday, nearly 400 donations had been made to the page, for a total of around $3,800. But who in their right mind would donate to someone like Kanye–a superstar who earns in the neighborhood of $20 million to $30 million a year?
http://time.com/money/4228959/kanye-west-gofundme-why-donate/
And the Philadelphia Police has said that they'd hire him at the starting salary of $47,000 - and that at that rate, he would be out of debt in the year 3122:
The Philly police trolled Kanye West on Twitter, and now we’re showing it to you.
Twitter is weird. People are often jokey. People always posture. This leads to some supremely weird tweets. That makes Twitter fun to read, which is cool. But for whatever reason, brands (#brands) have to get in on the act. They can’t just tell you to eat their hamburgers. They have to tell you to eat their hamburgers because Kanye West’s album is late.
But it's not just brands. Actual law enforcement agencies have to get in on the fun. And this leads us to the Philly Police Department's Twitter account, which is not just dedicated to telling you where the bad guys are. It's also about silly memes. On Valentine's Day the cops made a Titanic joke. (One odd rule about Twitter: You're not out of touch if you riff on something that's 20 years old.)
“The police are at it again with their wacky tweets,” a colleague wrote when he shared this. This is what happens. The police can't be just the police anymore. They also have to make fun of Kanye West on Twitter. This is the world we live in now.
Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/18/the-philly-police-trolled-kanye-on-twitter/#qYX3KLFopxMSgXLW.99
Twitter is weird. People are often jokey. People always posture. This leads to some supremely weird tweets. That makes Twitter fun to read, which is cool. But for whatever reason, brands (#brands) have to get in on the act. They can’t just tell you to eat their hamburgers. They have to tell you to eat their hamburgers because Kanye West’s album is late.
But it's not just brands. Actual law enforcement agencies have to get in on the fun. And this leads us to the Philly Police Department's Twitter account, which is not just dedicated to telling you where the bad guys are. It's also about silly memes. On Valentine's Day the cops made a Titanic joke. (One odd rule about Twitter: You're not out of touch if you riff on something that's 20 years old.)
“The police are at it again with their wacky tweets,” a colleague wrote when he shared this. This is what happens. The police can't be just the police anymore. They also have to make fun of Kanye West on Twitter. This is the world we live in now.
Read more at http://www.phillymag.com/news/2016/02/18/the-philly-police-trolled-kanye-on-twitter/#qYX3KLFopxMSgXLW.99
Yeah another Kanye post, but this is getting crazier and crazier and it's the gift that keeps on giving. I'm actually thinking about donating $5 in the name of the Top 10 Conservative Idiots. Should I do it? It would be totally worth it!
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Donate to Planned Parenthood, World Wildlife Fund, Salvation Army, or your local animal shelter, if you want to actually help something.
One bozo's opinion.
https://www.gofundme.com/ServiceDog4Jeremy
Yes, I'm pandering, but I can guarantee that your $5 will go farther with me than with Kanye!
Yes, I'm pandering, but I can guarantee that your $5 will go farther with me than with Kanye!
