Kanye West documentary featuring ‘never-before-seen footage from past 21 years’ sells to Netflix for $30M amid divorce from Kim Kardashian

• The documentary is the work of Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah who worked with Ye on the 2003 Through The Wire video
• Simmons is said to have been filming Kanye since the late 1990s 
• The feature will reportedly include the early years of the rapper’s career in Chicago, the death of his mother Donda West, his foray into the fashion industry and his 2020 presidential run
• The as-yet untitled documentary is slated to premiere on Netflix later this year
•  Last month, Bloomberg reported that West is now worth $6.6 billion mainly thanks to his hugey successful Yeezy brand
• Kim Kardahsian filed for divorce in february after seven years of marriage
• The reality star, 40, was named to the billionaires club by Forbes on Tuesday 

He’s worth a reported $6.6 billion and is going through a high profile divorce from Kim Kardashian.

And now Kanye West is telling his story on his own terms in a new documentary said to have been 21 years in the making.

On Tuesday, Billboard.com reported that Netflix has spent upwards of $30 million to acquire the feature being put together by Ye collaborators Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah.

A documentary detailing the life of Kanye West from the late 1990s onwards has been acquired by Netflix for upwards of $30 million, Billboard,com reported on Tuesday

According to Billboard, Simmons has been filming Kanye since the late 1990s.

The never-before-seen footage includes the early years of the rapper’s career in Chicago, the death of his mother Donda West, his foray into the fashion industry and his 2020 presidential run.

It’s not known if it will also include details of his highly-publicized mental health breakdown in 2016 that led him to be hospitalized in Los Angeles. 

Simmons and Ozah worked with Kanye on his Through The Wire video released in 2003 and on the third version of Jesus Walks.

The feature is being put together by Ye collaborators Clarence ‘Coodie’ Simmons and Chike Ozah, pictured in 2015. The duo worked with Kanye on his Through The Wire video in 2003 and Simmons has been filming the recording artist since the late 1990s, according to Billboard

The documentary will reportedly include footage of the early years of the rapper’s career in Chicago and deal with the death of his mother Donda West in 2007 

It will also detail his 2020 presidential run (pictured with Donald Trump in the Oval Office in October 2018) but it’s not known if it will also address his highly publicized mental health breakdown in 2016 that left him hospitalized in LA

A source told Billboard that the Life Of Pablo artist has given the duo his blessing for the project which the pair will produce in conjunction with TIME Studios.

The as-yet untitled documentary is slated to stream on Netflix later this year. 

Meanwhile, West’s former bodyguard Steve Stanulis is also said to be shopping around a documentary about the rapper and is reportedly ‘still in discussions with multiple platforms.’ 

A source told Billboard that the Life Of Pablo artist has given his blessing for the project which is being produced in conjunction with TIME Studios and is set to air later this year

Last month, Bloomberg calculated 43-year-old Kanye’s wealth at $6.6 billion, based primarily on his hugely successful Yeezy brand and lucrative deals with Adidas and Gap (pictured March 2020 onstage at Paris Fashion Week with daughter North West)

The recording artist also has $122 million in cash and stock, according to Bloomberg’s March reporting, and his music catalogue is valued at $110 million (pictured September 2016)

Last month, Bloomberg calculated 43-year-old Kanye’s wealth as about $6.6 billion, based primarily on his hugely successful Yeezy brand that’s reputed to be worth between $3.2 billion and $4.7 billion.

His sneaker and clothing lines have benefited from lucrative partnership deals with Adidas AG and Gap Inc., with his Gap apparel collection set to debut this summer.

The recording artist also has $122 million in cash and stock, according to Bloomberg’s March reporting, and his music catalogue is valued at $110 million.

He also has $17 billion in other assets including a substantial interest in estranged wife Kim’s Skims shapewear line.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star filed for divorce from Kanye in February after seven years of marriage.

She is said to have worked on a settlement of shared assets before formally filing and, according to UsWeekly, the ex couple are reported to be in agreement over sharing custody of their four children, North, seven, Saint, five, Chicago, three, and  Psalm, who turns two next month.

Kanye also has $17 billion in other assets including a substantial interest in estranged wife Kim’s Skims shapewear line. The reality star filed for divorce in January after seven years of marriage (pictured in May 2016)

Kim, 40, also officially joined the billionaires club on Tuesday when Forbes included her on its World’s Billionaire List.

The outlet credited her increased wealth to the success of her KKW Beauty and Skims brands.

She also has lucrative endorsement deals and other investments and made $200million in a deal to sell 20 percent of KKW Beauty to Coty last year. 

Forbes previously declared Kim’s younger half-sister Kylie Jenner to be a billionaire when she offloaded 51 percent of her beauty company Kylie Cosmetics to Coty.

Kim, 40, also officially joined the billionaires club on Tuesday when Forbes included her on its World’s Billionaire List. The outlet credited her increased wealth to the success of her KKW Beauty and Skims brands

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