Kanye West Shuts Down $2M Crypto Scam Offer: ‘Not Scamming My Fam

Kanye West, aka Ye, just dropped some major tea on X—turning down a $2M offer to shill a shady crypto scheme. Like, who does that? King move, honestly. He spilled the deets in a Feb. 7 post, exposing how scammers wanted him to post fake crypto promo to his 32.6M followers, then pull the classic “my account got hacked” card. Sketchy, right? But Ye said, “Nah, not scamming my fam,” and dipped.

The deal? $750K upfront to keep the post live for 8 hours, then another $1.25M after 16 hours. Big yikes. Ye clapped back with, “I was proposed 2 million dollars to scam my community. Those left of it. I said no and stopped working with their person who proposed it.” Periodt.

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Later, he slid into crypto DMs, asking for a trusted contact, and someone name-dropped Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. Could Ye be cooking up his own crypto project? Or is this just hype for a new album? Either way, the internet’s buzzing.

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Fun fact: Ye’s had beef with crypto before (remember Coinye in 2014?), but now he’s vibing with it on his own terms. Could merch in crypto be next? Stay tuned, fam.

Sahil Poudel

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