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{"source_context": [{"span_id": "s00001", "text": "Passage 1:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00002", "text": "Kanye West, prolific entertainer/fashion icon/celebrity/member of the Kardashian family needs our help! NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Recently, Kanye let us in on his personal struggle. He is 53 million dollars in debt and it doesn't look like he's going to get Mark Zuckerberg's help that he desperately needs. We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today. Sure he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can't be realized. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR As Kanye West has told us time and time again he is the \"greatest living artist and greatest artist of all time\". Great artists need to be supported financially to achieve their full potential. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR To quote Mr. West, \"I am Warhol. I am the number one most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh. Walt Disney. Nike. Google. Now who's gonna be the Medici family and stand up and let me create more!\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR WE MUST BE THE MEDICI FAMILY TO KANYE. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR GoFundMe, let us unite! NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Help spread the word! Share Tweet 300k shares on Facebook shares on Facebook\n"}, {"span_id": "s00003", "text": "Passage 2:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00004", "text": "Add a location to your Tweets NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location history. Learn more\n"}, {"span_id": "s00005", "text": "Passage 3:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00006", "text": "While Kanye West may be the most beloved artist of all time, at least by Kanye West himself, he's still human. And humans have bills to pay. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Recently, Yeezy tweeted that he's $53 million in debt. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR I write this to you my brothers while still 53 million dollars in personal debt... Please pray we overcome... This is my true heart... — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 14, 2016 NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR While it's unclear whether Kanye is truly in this enormous amount of debt, fans are banding together to help him in his time of so-called need. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Funnyman and funny fan Jeremy Piatt, created a GoFundMe page for the artist, which he's aptly titled \"Get Kanye Out of Debt\". NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"I'm trying to help out the greatest living artist of our time while he's in need,\" Piatt told Mashable in an email. \"I saw that Kanye is 53 Million Dollars in debt and I knew I had to do anything I could to help, because as all my friends would tell you, I'm just a very giving person.\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Piatt is modeling his act of good will and support of the arts after the wealthy Italian Medici family, who were known to financially support artists at the time of their reign. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"Kanye is the greatest living artist on the planet, he's told us many many many many times,\" Piatt told Mashable. \"The great artists need people to finance them, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo had the Medici family to fund their projects, so why not have the legions of Kanye fans fund his? This is what makes crowd sourcing great! Now we can personally make a difference in the world and help pay for mind blowing art.\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Image: PHOTOLURE News Agency/Demotix/Corbis NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR While Kanye has yet to reach out to Piatt about obtaining the $35 that has been raised when we published this story, Piatt is hopeful he'll hear from the rapper. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"I am trying to reach out to Kanye or his people so the funds can be transferred to him,\" Piatt says. \"I have been in contact with GoFundMe and we've agreed to keep the page up, but I am not able to withdraw any money. The only people who will be able to withdraw money will be Kanye or his team.\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR my dreams brought me into debt and I’m close to seeing the light of day… — KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) February 16, 2016 NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Here's hoping Piatt's mission to help the artist get out of debt makes its way toward Kanye himself. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Ultimately, according to Piatt: \"The goal for the page is to raise awareness for supporting the arts, of course I hope that Kanye finds out about it because the money can not be transferred to him unless that happens.\"\n"}, {"span_id": "s00007", "text": "Passage 4:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00008", "text": "There appears to be some truth to Kanye West’s claim that he has met “all the tech guys”. The Chicago hip-hop mogul this weekend declared he is $53m in debt and requested funding from Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google cofounder Larry Page. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR He then threw down this 70-character gauntlet: NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) All you guys had meetings with me and no one lifted a finger to help…. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR The Guardian wasn’t able to determine the true nature of West’s finances, but he does appear to have more than a few friends in Silicon Valley, based on public press accounts and interviews with several tech executives. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR He frequently shows up at Apple’s southern California office, is friends with rap-obsessed venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, has reportedly dined with an Instagram founder, and has some sort of social relationship with Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR The interactions go back at least half a decade. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Elon Musk (@elonmusk) Kanye stopped by the SpaceX rocket factory today. pic.twitter.com/6z7gHBn6 NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR There’s some context here. The entertainment industry and tech have long had a fascination with each other. For music titans such as West, Nas, MC Hammer and Justin Bieber, it’s become a way to grow serious businessperson bona fides. For technologists, it’s the ultimate revenge of the nerds. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Some of West’s early interactions with Silicon Valley were well-documented by Gawker’s tech industry gossip site Valleywag. In 2012 and 2013, the producer and rapper began pitching his latest vision, Donda, to investors. It was presented as a sort of hip man’s General Electric that would have its fingers in everything from fashion and publishing to “alternative energy sources” and “hovercrafts”. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) Here is my Donda chart that I wrote 4 years ago that everyone laughed at… pic.twitter.com/g1po6Z3H55 NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Perhaps trying to grease the levers of finance, West invited several tech thought leaders to his 2013 engagement party at San Francisco’s AT&T Park, home of the Giants. Horowitz, the cofounder of mega venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, was there, as was Dropbox’s Houston. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Another person present: Mahbod Moghadam, the controversial cofounder of Rap Genius, the Andreessen Horowitz-backed company that helps people understand rap lyrics. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR “They’re tight. It’s cute,” Moghadam, who now works at Everipedia, said of Horowitz and West. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Moghadam left Rap Genius in 2014 after comments he made about a mass shooting at the University of California Santa Barbara. “In their defense, I did do a lot of stupid things,” he said. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Dropbox and Andreessen Horowitz didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR It couldn’t be learned what relationship, if any, West maintains with executives at some of the biggest Silicon Valley companies, such as Facebook, Twitter, Uber and Alphabet (the artists formerly known as Google), although he has dined with Kevin Systrom, the cofounder of Facebook-owned Instagram. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR But he does appear to have a working relationship with Apple, a less-than-surprising development given the iPhone maker’s work with streaming music these days – even if he did declare his new album The Life of Pablo would “never never never” be on Apple’s iTunes Store and would be exclusive to the streaming service Tidal. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR At Apple’s southern California headquarters, where former record executive Jimmy Iovine helps run Apple music, West is sometimes found hanging out in Iovine’s office, a person familiar with the meetings said. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR In his Twitter posts on 14 February, West asked Zuckerberg for $1bn to help handle his debts and bring Donda, his startup idea, to fruition. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR As Aaron Levie, the chief executive of Box, noted on Twitter, that’s a lot of money these days, even in Silicon Valley.\n"}, {"span_id": "s00009", "text": "Passage 5:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00010", "text": "Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Starting in 1996, Alexa Internet has been donating their crawl data to the Internet Archive. Flowing in every day, these data are added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR internet The Dumbest GoFundMe Campaigns Ever Ashley Reign 115k votes 18k voters 9.8M views 25 items Follow Embed List Rules Vote up the GoFundMe and crowdfunding campaigns that are so stupid, they're almost insulting. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR If you've ever been on social media, read the Internet, or had human friends, you probably already know about crowdfunding campaigns like the ones on GoFundMe or Kickstarter. More than likely, you’ve been sent a request or two to help fund worthy causes like paying vet bill of a sickly cat or covering the medical expenses of someone’s grandma. But not everyone in the crowdfunding universe has intentions that are quite so pure. In fact, we’ve gathered a collection of some of the worst GoFundMe campaigns of all time to prove just how weird and greedy society can be. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR These are some of the worst crowdfunding campaigns the Internet has to offer, featuring everything from stupid GoFundMe campaigns like the one to find out the truth about #deflategate, to a Kickstarter fan project to break up Ciara and Russell Wilson. While some of these dumb things on GoFundMe might actually resonate with some people (like the one to help a lady buy a hedgehog), others are just plain wacky. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR At the very least, these crowdfunding attempts will help you feel better about your own life. Vote up the best of the worst dumb GoFundMe campaigns ever to hit the web! NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR 1 1,493 1,137 The Fund To Send A Woman Around The World For Spiritual Healing NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Photo: GoFundMe Traveling the world sounds like an amazing opportunity. And the chance to travel the world on someone else's dime? Even better. This woman - only identified as Rebecca G. - is asking people to help her pay for a $10,000 round-the-world trip so she can advance in her \"spiritual journey.\" Sure. She promises that as she travels she will help others realize their own spiritual journey all while living out her dream. How she plans to help others is unclear. What we do know is that she plans to write a book about it. Yay? The 20 Most Epic Wedding FAILs of All Time The Scariest Animals in the World NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR 2 2,290 8,645 A Fund to Erase This Bad Decision NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Photo: Tabitha Renea West/via GoFundMe Turns out getting a job was tough for this tattooed New Yorker. To help erase her (really, really, really) terrible decision and hopefully brighten up her job prospects, she started a NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Turns out getting a job was tough for this tattooed New Yorker. To help erase her (really, really, really) terrible decision and hopefully brighten up her job prospects, she started a GoFundMe campaign to get the 420 tattoo removed from her forehead. Aiming for $800, she raised more than $1,000 in just a few days.\n"}, {"span_id": "s00011", "text": "Passage 6:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00012", "text": "Add a location to your Tweets NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR When you tweet with a location, Twitter stores that location. You can switch location on/off before each Tweet and always have the option to delete your location history. Learn more\n"}, {"span_id": "s00013", "text": "Passage 7:\n"}, {"span_id": "s00014", "text": "Enlarge Image GoFundMe NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Don't worry Yeezy, help is on the way. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR A Kanye West fan in Minnesota has created a GoFundMe page for the rapper, fashion designer and Kim Kardashian's crazier half, a day after the Grammy winner tweeted he was $53 million in debt. West's financial woes are so bad, he publicly begged two tech billionaires for cash. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"Kanye West, prolific entertainer/fashion icon/celebrity/member of the Kardashian family needs our help!\" Jeremy Piatt wrote on his Help Get Kanye Out of Debt page. \"Sure, he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can't be realized.\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR The Internet's quickly showed its generosity and support. By Tuesday afternoon -- some 48 hours after West's desperate plea -- a total of $50 had been pledged to the multi-platinum hip-hop star. (That's 0.000094 percent of Kanye's total debt.) NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Piatt, a graphic designer, is no stranger to Internet fame. The 36-year-old, who made headlines last year for giving NFL helmets a bold makeover, said he was motivated by the desire to help a fellow artist. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"The arts must be funded, and without funding great ideas and great masterpieces never get made,\" Piatt said. \"This is a great way for people, not giant corporations, to support great artists and visionaries.\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR A West representative didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Of course, Piatt wasn't alone in trying to organize support for Kanye. A separate GoFundMe campaign, called HELP PAY KANYE'S DEBT!, was organized by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C. though it appears to have been canceled. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"A buck, five-spot, 10-banger, deuce-nil, Franklin... Just give what you can as soon as you can,\" the campaign read. \"We need to relieve his stress, so the \"greatest artist of all time\" can do what he does best - making the world a better place!\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Kulik's campaign raised $0. He didn't respond to an email seeking comment. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR West recently went on a bizarre Twitter rant in which he pleaded for Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet CEO Larry Page to each invest $1 billion in his ideas. West tweeted Sunday that he feels rich people are always \"too cool\" to ask for help, including lending money. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Some in Silicon Valley took note. Box CEO Aaron Levie tweeted: Classic Series A pitch deck line. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR Yeezy -- that's one of West's nicknames -- also just released his latest album, \"The Life of Pablo,\" and debuted his latest clothing collection at Fashion Week in New York. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR The album, which was released on the struggling music streaming app Tidal Sunday, was pulled down shortly after it appeared. The album has reportedly been illegally downloaded more than 500,000 times from other sites after many fans said they paid $20 to download the album off Tidal but didn't get it. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR On one of the tracks, West boasts he's responsible for pop star Taylor Swift's fame. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR On Monday, Swift artfully responded while accepting a Grammy for best album. NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR \"To all the young women out there: there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or fame,\" she said. \"But if you just focus on the work and you don't let those people sidetrack you, someday when you get where you're going, you'll look around and know it was you and the people who love you who put there and that will be the greatest feeling in the world.\" NEWLINE_CHAR NEWLINE_CHAR I guess that's what they call a \"mic drop.\"\n"}], "question": "", "reference_answers": ["Kanye West is, apparently, $53 million in debt, but he should be able to pay that off in no time thanks to a GoFundMe campaign started by 36-year-old Minnesotan Jeremy Piatt, CNET reports. \"Recently, Kanye let us in on his personal struggle. He is 53 million dollars in debt and it doesn't look like he's going to get Mark Zuckerberg's help that he desperately needs,\" Piatt writes. \"We must open our hearts and wallets for Kanye today. Sure he is personally rich and can buy furs and houses for his family, but without our help, the true genius of Kanye West can't be realized.\" So far, after just a single day of fundraising, $603 has been raised for Kanye (along with a lot of comments like, \"How about you get a job?\"). Piatt tells Mashable that he's spoken to GoFundMe, and only Kanye or his team will be able to access any money raised. As for Zuckerberg—West specifically asked him, as well as Larry Page, to donate money to the Kanye cause when he went on his Twitter rant, and then went on to imply that he knows other tech giants who should help him. \"All you dudes in San Fran play rap music in your homes but never help the real artists…,\" he tweeted, followed by, \"All you guys had meetings with me and no one lifted a finger to help….\" The Guardian did a little investigation into how many \"tech guys\" Kanye actually knows, and found that he really does have something of an ongoing relationship with Facebook and Apple; has had meetings with investors in Silicon Valley and even had some of them at one of his parties; has had interactions with an Instagram co-founder, the Dropbox chief executive, a co-founder of Rap Genius, and Elon Musk; and is good friends with venture capitalist Ben Horowitz. (Here are some of the dumbest GoFundMe campaigns ever.)"], "answers": [{"answer_id": "a001", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt, attributing the debt to his artistic ambitions. He asked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Larry Page to invest in his ideas, including his proposed venture Donda. The reports could not independently verify the state of West’s finances.\n\nWest had established connections in Silicon Valley over several years. He presented his vision for Donda to investors in 2012 and 2013 and maintained relationships with figures including venture capitalist Ben Horowitz and Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston. He also had ties to Apple and had dined with Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom.\n\nIn response to West’s claim, Minnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt created a GoFundMe campaign to help pay the debt and draw attention to arts funding. Piatt compared potential donors to the Medici family, the wealthy Italian patrons who supported Renaissance artists. The campaign’s appeal echoed West’s own grand claims about his artistic influence and urged supporters to share the page. Reports cited modest contributions, ranging from $35 to $50 at different points. Piatt said he was trying to reach West or his team and had arranged for the money to remain in place until they could claim it. A separate campaign organized by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C., was canceled after raising nothing.\n\nThe appeals came as West released *The Life of Pablo* on Tidal and debuted a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. The album reportedly was downloaded illegally more than 500,000 times after some fans said they had paid for downloads they did not receive. West also drew attention for claiming credit for Taylor Swift’s fame. Accepting a Grammy for best album, Swift told young women to stay focused on their work despite people who might try to take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nAnother passage surveyed unusual crowdfunding campaigns, including a request for $10,000 to fund a woman’s worldwide spiritual journey and a successful drive to pay for removal of a “420” forehead tattoo. The supplied material also described Twitter’s optional location settings and Alexa Internet’s donations of web-crawl data to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine."}, {"answer_id": "a002", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt and appealed to technology billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page to invest in his ideas. West asked Zuckerberg for $1 billion to help address his debts and develop Donda, his proposed venture spanning fields from fashion and publishing to alternative energy. The reports could not independently verify the state of West’s finances.\n\nWest’s appeals drew attention to his existing connections in Silicon Valley. He had pitched Donda to investors, spent time at Apple’s Southern California offices and maintained relationships with technology figures including venture capitalist Ben Horowitz and Dropbox CEO Drew Houston. His outreach reflected a broader overlap between entertainment and technology, in which artists seek business opportunities and investors cultivate ties with celebrities.\n\nIn response to West’s debt claim, Minnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt created a GoFundMe campaign called “Get Kanye Out of Debt.” His appeal invoked West’s declarations that he was the greatest living artist and urged fans to support him as the Medici family had supported artists during the Renaissance. Piatt said the campaign was intended to raise awareness of arts funding and give ordinary people a way to support creative work. One report said the page had raised $35 at publication; another reported $50 by Tuesday afternoon. Piatt said only West or his team could withdraw the funds, and he hoped to contact them. A separate campaign started by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C., raised nothing and appeared to have been canceled.\n\nWest’s financial appeals coincided with the release of his album *The Life of Pablo* on Tidal and the debut of a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. One report said the album was briefly removed from the streaming service and that fans reported problems obtaining paid downloads; it also said the album had been illegally downloaded more than 500,000 times. A lyric in which West claimed credit for Taylor Swift’s fame drew a response from Swift during her Grammy acceptance speech, when she encouraged young women to focus on their work despite people who might take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nThe supplied material also includes a satirical list of unusual crowdfunding campaigns. Examples include a request for $10,000 to fund a round-the-world spiritual journey and a successful appeal that raised more than $1,000 to remove a “420” forehead tattoo. Separate informational notices explain that Twitter users can control location sharing and delete location history, and that Alexa Internet has donated web crawl data to the Internet Archive since 1996 for eventual inclusion in the Wayback Machine."}, {"answer_id": "a003", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt and appealed for financial help to develop his creative ideas. He asked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google cofounder Larry Page to invest $1 billion, linking his financial struggles to his ambitions for Donda, a venture he had pitched as spanning fields from fashion and publishing to alternative energy. The reports could not independently verify the state of his finances.\n\nWest had longstanding connections in Silicon Valley. He was acquainted with venture capitalist Ben Horowitz and Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston, had dined with Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom, and reportedly spent time at Apple’s Southern California office. His outreach reflected broader ties between entertainers seeking business opportunities and technology executives interested in the music industry.\n\nIn response to West’s debt claim, Minnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt created a GoFundMe campaign called “Get Kanye Out of Debt.” Piatt’s appeal combined praise for West’s artistry with a tongue-in-cheek acknowledgment that the celebrity could afford luxuries. He compared the proposed crowdfunding effort to the Medici family’s patronage of Renaissance artists and said his broader goal was to raise awareness of support for the arts. One report put donations at $35; another said $50 had been pledged by Tuesday afternoon. Piatt said he could not withdraw the money and that only West or his team could receive it. A separate campaign by Robert Kulik reportedly raised nothing and appeared to have been canceled.\n\nThe fundraising efforts came as West released *The Life of Pablo* on Tidal and presented a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. One report said the album was pulled from the service shortly after appearing and was widely downloaded illegally amid complaints from customers. A lyric claiming credit for Taylor Swift’s fame also drew attention after Swift used her Grammy acceptance speech to urge young women to resist people who take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nThe supplied material also describes a critical list of unusual crowdfunding appeals, including a request for $10,000 for a spiritual trip around the world and a campaign that raised more than $1,000 to remove a forehead tattoo. Other passages explain Twitter’s optional location tagging and say Alexa Internet’s crawl data is added to the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine after an embargo period."}, {"answer_id": "a004", "answer": "Kanye West’s claim that he was $53 million in personal debt prompted appeals for financial support, crowdfunding campaigns and questions about his connections to Silicon Valley. In February 2016, the rapper and fashion designer tweeted that his dreams had brought him into debt and asked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google cofounder Larry Page to invest in his ideas. The true state of West’s finances could not be independently established from the reports.\n\nAmong those who responded was Jeremy Piatt, a Minnesota graphic designer and West fan, who created a GoFundMe page to help pay the claimed debt. Piatt described West as a great artist whose ambitions deserved financial backing, comparing potential donors to the Medici family, patrons of Renaissance artists. He said the campaign was also intended to raise awareness of the need to support the arts. One report put donations at $35, while another said $50 had been pledged by Tuesday afternoon. Piatt said he was trying to contact West or his team because only they could withdraw the funds. A separate campaign organized by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C., was canceled after raising nothing.\n\nWest’s requests to technology billionaires drew attention to his existing relationships in the industry. Press accounts described meetings or social ties with venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, Dropbox chief Drew Houston, Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom and others. West had also presented investors with a broad vision for his creative venture, Donda, encompassing fields such as fashion, publishing and alternative energy. His outreach reflected a wider interest among entertainers in technology and business investment.\n\nThe reports came as West released *The Life of Pablo* through Tidal and debuted a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. The album reportedly was downloaded illegally more than 500,000 times after some fans complained that they had paid for downloads they did not receive. West also attracted attention for claiming credit for Taylor Swift’s fame; Swift responded at the Grammys by encouraging young women to focus on their work despite people who might try to claim credit for their accomplishments.\n\nOther supplied material described a list of unusual crowdfunding appeals, including a $10,000 request for a spiritual journey around the world and a successful appeal to remove a “420” forehead tattoo. It also noted that Alexa Internet began donating web crawl data to the Internet Archive in 1996 for eventual inclusion in the Wayback Machine. A Twitter notice explained that users can turn tweet location sharing on or off and delete their location history."}, {"answer_id": "a005", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt and appealed to technology leaders, including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google cofounder Larry Page, to invest in his ideas. West asked Zuckerberg for $1 billion to help realize Donda, an ambitious venture he had pitched to investors as spanning fields from fashion and publishing to alternative energy. The reports could not independently verify the state of his finances.\n\nWest’s appeals drew attention to his relationships in Silicon Valley. He had met or socialized with figures including venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston and Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom, and had visited SpaceX. He also reportedly spent time at Apple’s Southern California offices, despite saying his new album, *The Life of Pablo*, would be exclusive to the streaming service Tidal.\n\nIn response to West’s debt claim, Minnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt created a GoFundMe page called “Get Kanye Out of Debt.” Its appeal was playful: it acknowledged West’s personal wealth while calling on fans to support his artistic ambitions as the Medici family had supported Renaissance artists. Piatt said he wanted to raise awareness of arts funding and hoped West would learn about the campaign. At the times the reports were published, it had raised between $35 and $50. Piatt said that, under an arrangement with GoFundMe, only West or his team could withdraw the money. A separate campaign organized by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C., raised nothing and appeared to have been canceled.\n\nWest’s financial appeals coincided with the release of *The Life of Pablo* and the debut of a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. The album’s release on Tidal reportedly encountered problems: some fans who paid to download it said they did not receive it, and it was reportedly downloaded illegally more than 500,000 times. A lyric in which West claimed credit for Taylor Swift’s fame also drew attention; Swift responded in a Grammy acceptance speech by urging young women not to let others claim credit for their accomplishments.\n\nAnother passage described a compilation of unusual crowdfunding campaigns. Among them were a request for $10,000 to fund a round-the-world spiritual journey and a campaign that raised more than $1,000 to remove a “420” forehead tattoo. The supplied material also noted that Alexa Internet donated web crawl data to the Internet Archive for eventual inclusion in the Wayback Machine, and that Twitter users could control whether to add locations to tweets and delete their location history."}, {"answer_id": "a006", "answer": "Kanye West’s claim that he was $53 million in personal debt prompted appeals for financial support from both technology billionaires and his fans. In February 2016, the rapper and fashion designer tweeted that his dreams had brought him into debt and asked Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founder Larry Page to invest in his ideas. The passages say the true state of West’s finances could not be independently established.\n\nWest had cultivated relationships in Silicon Valley over several years. He was acquainted with venture capitalist Ben Horowitz and Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston, had dined with Instagram co-founder Kevin Systrom, and had ties to Apple through music executive Jimmy Iovine. He also visited Elon Musk’s SpaceX factory. Earlier, West had presented investors with a broad vision for Donda, encompassing ventures such as fashion, publishing and alternative energy.\n\nMinnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt responded to West’s debt claim by creating a GoFundMe campaign to help him. Piatt compared crowdfunding for West to the Italian Medici family’s patronage of artists, saying he wanted to raise awareness of the need to fund the arts. His appeal called West a great living artist and urged supporters to help realize his ambitions. One report said the campaign had raised $35; another put the total at $50 by Tuesday afternoon. Piatt said he was trying to contact West or his team so the money could be transferred. A separate campaign organized by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C., was canceled after raising nothing.\n\nThe appeals coincided with the release of West’s album *The Life of Pablo* on Tidal and the debut of his clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. The album was reportedly downloaded illegally more than 500,000 times, amid complaints from some fans who said they had paid for downloads they did not receive. West also drew attention for claiming responsibility for Taylor Swift’s fame. Accepting a Grammy for best album, Swift encouraged young women to focus on their work despite people who might try to take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nAnother passage surveys unusual crowdfunding campaigns, including a woman’s request for $10,000 to travel the world on a spiritual journey and a New Yorker’s fundraiser to remove a “420” tattoo from her forehead, which raised more than its $800 goal. The remaining material notes that Alexa Internet began donating crawl data to the Internet Archive in 1996 for eventual inclusion in the Wayback Machine, and that Twitter users can control location sharing for individual tweets and delete their location history."}, {"answer_id": "a007", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt and appealed to technology billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page to invest in his ideas. He asked Zuckerberg for $1 billion to help address his debts and develop Donda, an ambitious venture spanning fields such as fashion, publishing and technology. The passages say West’s financial situation could not be independently verified.\n\nWest’s appeals drew attention to his longstanding connections in Silicon Valley. He had pitched Donda to investors and maintained ties with venture capitalist Ben Horowitz and Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston, among others. He also reportedly visited Apple’s Southern California office and had met Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom. West complained on Twitter that technology leaders had met with him but had not helped fund his ideas.\n\nIn response to West’s debt claim, Minnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt created a GoFundMe campaign called “Get Kanye Out of Debt.” The appeal humorously acknowledged West’s personal wealth while invoking his claims to be a great artist. Piatt compared the proposed support to the patronage of artists by Italy’s Medici family and said the campaign aimed to raise awareness of arts funding. It had raised $35 when one report was published and $50 by Tuesday afternoon, according to another. Piatt said he could not withdraw the money and that only West or his team would be able to claim it. A separate campaign organized by Robert Kulik reportedly raised nothing and appeared to have been canceled.\n\nThe appeals came as West released *The Life of Pablo* through the Tidal streaming service and debuted a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. One report said the album was briefly pulled from Tidal and had reportedly been illegally downloaded more than 500,000 times. A lyric claiming credit for Taylor Swift’s fame also drew attention after Swift used her Grammy acceptance speech to tell young women to focus on their work despite people who might take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nOther supplied material describes a list of unusual crowdfunding campaigns, including a request for $10,000 for a round-the-world spiritual journey and a campaign that raised more than $1,000 to remove a forehead tattoo. It also notes that Alexa Internet has donated web crawl data to the Internet Archive since 1996 for eventual inclusion in the Wayback Machine. A Twitter notice explains that users can add a location to tweets, switch the feature on or off, and delete their location history."}, {"answer_id": "a008", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt and appealed to technology billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page to invest in his ideas. West asked Zuckerberg for $1 billion to help address his debt and develop Donda, his ambitious venture spanning fields from fashion and publishing to energy and transportation. The reports could not independently verify the state of West’s finances.\n\nWest’s appeals drew attention to his longstanding connections in Silicon Valley. He had pitched Donda to investors, maintained a friendship with venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, spent time at Apple’s Southern California offices and socialized with other technology figures. His outreach reflected a broader overlap between entertainment and technology, as artists seek business opportunities and technology leaders cultivate ties with celebrities.\n\nWest’s claim also inspired crowdfunding campaigns. Jeremy Piatt, a Minnesota graphic designer, created a GoFundMe page titled “Get Kanye Out of Debt,” calling on fans to support West’s work as the Medici family supported Renaissance artists. The appeal played on West’s own declarations of artistic greatness while acknowledging that he was personally wealthy. Piatt said the campaign was intended to raise awareness of support for the arts, and that only West or his team would be able to withdraw the money. Reports put the amount raised at $35 at one point and $50 by Tuesday afternoon. A separate campaign organized in Washington, D.C., reportedly raised nothing and appeared to have been canceled.\n\nThe fundraising efforts coincided with the release of West’s album *The Life of Pablo* on Tidal and the debut of his latest clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. The album reportedly faced distribution problems and widespread illegal downloading. One track also prompted attention for West’s claim that he was responsible for Taylor Swift’s fame; in a Grammy acceptance speech, Swift urged young women to stay focused when others try to take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nA separate compilation of unusual crowdfunding campaigns highlighted requests ranging from a $10,000 round-the-world spiritual journey to tattoo removal. The tattoo campaign, intended to improve its creator’s job prospects, raised more than $1,000 against an $800 goal. The supplied material also notes that Alexa Internet has donated web-crawl data to the Internet Archive since 1996, with the data added to the Wayback Machine after an embargo period."}, {"answer_id": "a009", "answer": "Kanye West said in February 2016 that he was $53 million in personal debt and publicly appealed to technology billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Page for investment in his ideas. West asked Zuckerberg for $1 billion to support his ventures, including Donda, an ambitious project he had pitched to investors as spanning fields from fashion and publishing to alternative energy and transportation. The reports could not independently verify the state of his finances.\n\nWest’s appeals drew attention to his existing ties with Silicon Valley. He had met or socialized with figures including venture capitalist Ben Horowitz, Dropbox chief executive Drew Houston and Instagram cofounder Kevin Systrom, and had visited Elon Musk’s SpaceX factory. He also reportedly spent time at Apple’s Southern California offices with music executive Jimmy Iovine. The connections reflected a broader interest among entertainers and technology leaders in one another’s industries.\n\nIn response to West’s debt claim, Minnesota graphic designer Jeremy Piatt created a GoFundMe campaign titled “Get Kanye Out of Debt.” His appeal humorously invoked West’s own declarations of artistic greatness and compared potential donors to the Medici family, who supported Renaissance artists. Piatt said he wanted to raise awareness of arts funding and allow individuals to support creative work. One report said the campaign had raised $35 at publication; another reported $50 by Tuesday afternoon. Piatt said only West or his team would be able to withdraw the money. A separate campaign organized by Robert Kulik in Washington, D.C., reportedly raised nothing and appeared to have been canceled.\n\nThe appeals coincided with the release of West’s album *The Life of Pablo* and the debut of a clothing collection at New York Fashion Week. The album’s initial availability through Tidal prompted complaints from some customers who said they had paid for downloads they did not receive; it was also reportedly downloaded illegally more than 500,000 times. On one track, West claimed credit for Taylor Swift’s fame. Accepting a Grammy for album of the year, Swift responded with a message encouraging young women to focus on their work despite people who try to take credit for their accomplishments.\n\nAnother passage surveys unusual crowdfunding appeals. It describes a woman seeking $10,000 for a round-the-world spiritual journey and a New Yorker who raised more than $1,000 toward removing a “420” tattoo from her forehead to improve her job prospects. The supplied material also notes that Alexa Internet has donated web crawl data to the Internet Archive since 1996 for eventual inclusion in the Wayback Machine, and explains that Twitter users can control location sharing on individual tweets and delete their location history."}]}