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HR TALK: BRAND, PERSUASION, & SELF-WORTH

The story of Kanye West's Forbes billion-dollar list barely four years after being in a $53M debt. Credits to Joe Pompliano, Forbes, CNBC & Kanye's Twitter handle . How did Kanye West negotiate his way out of debts to become a billionaire? Believe you not, four years back he was in a debt and this is how he bailed himself out becoming the second hip hop artist to be on Forbes' billion-dollar list after Jay-z. THE STORY In 2007, Kanye West found himself on a flight with Nike CEO Mark Parker. Sensing an opportunity, Kanye took out a sketchpad and started drawing shoe designs for Parker to review. By the time they landed, Kanye had Parker's word the two would design a shoe together. Nike CEO Mark Parker put Kanye West and the legendary Tinker Hatfield, the original designer of the Air Jordan, in a room to collaborate. By mid-2008, Kanye was wearing prototypes of his Nike Air Yeezy in public. The official release of the Air Yeezy came in April 2009. Along with the initi...