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Kanye West paid $57 million for a Malibu mansion, then gutted and abandoned it. Now, nobody wants it.

Kanye West is facing an $18 million loss on an abandoned Malibu property he’s trying to sell without completing the extensive renovations he’d planned.

In 2022, West hired contractors and started the renovation but it wasn’t even a year before reports emerged that the house—completely open to the elements on one side since the removal of floor-to-ceiling windows—had fallen into disrepair, and neighbors told TMZ they hadn’t “seen anyone around for many months” and the home had been “left to rot.” Last September, contractor Tony Saxon sued the rapper, saying he was forced to work 16-hour days, had to sleep on the floor or the property and was fired for raising concerns about plans for the house’s electrical system without being paid more than $1 million he’s owed; West has denied the allegations. That month, West wore a “White Lives Matter” shirt to a fashion show in Paris and Vice released previously unaired clips of an interview by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson in which the rapper made bigoted statements about Jewish people and spread outlandish conspiracy theories. Other companies like Gap and Foot Locker also ended deals, his wax figure was removed from Madame Tussauds, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago revoked his honorary doctorate and watchdog group StopAntisemitism named him the “Antisemite of the Year.” He fell off the billionaire list in 2023.

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