Kanye West Buys Childhood Home in Chicago

Kanye West Buys Childhood Home in Chicago
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Kanye West is going back to his roots. The rapper purchased his childhood home in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood fo...

Kanye West is going back to his roots. The rapper purchased his childhood home in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood for about $225,000, according to local news station WGN9.

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Kanye West recently purchased his childhood home in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood. West's mother, Donda West, purchased the home back in the early 1980s and sold it 2004. ... West purchased the home for about $225,000. He's looking at about another $60,000 in repairs, said Rodkin

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The property reportedly went through foreclosure before it was bought by West’s former collaborator, Rhymefest, who planned to turn the home into an “arts incubator.” The rapper, Kim Kardashian West and Rhymefest soon got into a public feud over its funding, which Kanye addressed on Keeping Up With the Kardashians. West has not announced what he plans on doing with his childhood home.

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