Billionaire Kanye West’s company, Yeezy LLC, gets a billionaire PPP loan from Trump Admin


Billionaire rapper and shoe designer Kanye West’s company received a multi-million dollar loan as part of the federal government’s coronavirus stimulus package, according to records released Thursday by the United States Treasury Small Business Administration.

The money was released in the latest round of the Paycheck Protection Program, part of the Trump administration’s $ 2 trillion CARES Act designed to provide economic relief to small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yeezy LLC, a California company, is listed as a recipient of a $ 2 million to $ 5 million loan by the Treasury. The company identified itself as male-owned and a black or African-American business. He said 160 jobs were saved with the loan.

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