Kanye West isn't a billionaire, but he sure does want to be one. So far, it seems the best way for him to reach out to other billionaires is through Twitter and this week he finally got to one.
After reaching out to tech billionaires such as Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook and Google co-founder Larry Page for their money, it seems the "greatest artist ever both alive and dead" has found a new bro billionaire to bond with: Steve Ballmer.
The two connected over Twitter — which really isn't that surprising considering West's recent Twitter tirades — with Steve Ballmer eventually offering to meet up with the $53 million in debt hip-hop artist.
Kanye may not be too happy with their conversation, however, should they actually meet up. Their Twitter conversation began and ended because of Chuck the Condor, the LA Clippers month old mascot.
It turns out Kanye wasn't too happy with the mascot, so naturally Mr. West aired his dislike of the bird over Twitter.
Steve Ballmer can I please redesign the Clippers mascot
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 13, 2016
Ballmer, who owns the NBA team, noticed and offered to talk about it over lunch. "[L]ove Chuck but love your creativity. Lets talk. Lunch?" replied the former Microsoft CEO, who is worth $22.7 billion. Ballmer eventually upped the stakes by inviting Kanye West to a Clippers game instead and talk about it. West later said he wants to meet this week, and Ballmer agrees.
00 Steve Ballmer. Let's meet this week if you have time. I was hanging with Chris Paul last night. — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 14, 2016
"Talking about it" of course meaning talk about the the Clippers mascot as Kanye did beg Ballmer to redesign it.
@kanyewest Let's meet for sure. We'll reach out and make it happen. Looking forward to it. — Steve Ballmer (@Steven_Ballmer) March 15, 2016
Will Kanye West bring up other matters such as getting Steve Ballmer to support his art? Probably. Ballmer is Kanye's closest contact so far with an actual billionaire and surely even Kanye won't let the opportunity to pitch Kanye pass Kanye.
Unfortunately, the loser in all of this is the Clipper's mascot. Over his own Twitter account, Chuck The Condor tweeted:
I miss the old Kanye. https://t.co/staijL8Jpf
— Chuck The Condor (@ChuckTheCondor) March 13, 2016
Could we be seeing a "Kanye The Kondor" mascot courtside during a Clippers game? It wouldn't be completely impossible, but we'll probably find out later in the week should Steve and Kanye really get together to talk. Could we see more business partnerships between Kanye and Steve Ballmer? Less likely, but nothing's impossible.
