The Malibu beach house that rapper Kanye West famously gutted—then abandoned—has reappeared on the market with a $4.1 million price cut, just months after its seller announced that he had secured a buyer.
West, 48, originally purchased the Tadao Ando-designed property for a staggering $57.3 million in 2021, months after he split from his former wife, Kim Kardashian.
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He then proceeded to gut the architectural gem, with reports at the time suggesting that he wanted to turn the concrete structure into a modernist bomb shelter.
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The rapper’s overhaul of the dwelling saw it reduced to little more than a concrete shell, decimating almost all of Ando’s original design—and leaving design lovers up in arms over its destruction.
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He then sparked further fury when he abandoned his plans for the waterfront abode altogether and put it back on the market in January 2024 with an asking price of $53 million.
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When it was put on the market, the home had no electric, no plumbing, no windows, and no interior finishes, all of which had been stripped out during West’s “renovations.”
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The home was bought by Steven “Bo” Belmont for $21 million in September 2024. He put the property back on the market earlier this year with an asking price of $39 million.
