 Kanye West spent R186.6M of own money on presidential run. Newly released figures show that Kanye West self-funded the majority of his campaign to run for president, putting in almost R186.6 million of his own money. The 43-year-old rapper, who ran for office under the birthday party, self-funded the majority of his late entry run for office, attracting just R29.8 million from outside contributors, and, having earned just 66,000 votes across the U.S., meant each tick in the ballot box cost an average of R2985 each. According to a report from the Federal Election Commission, FEC, the majority of Kanye's R2-1704 644 campaign funds paid for ballot access, and he was left with R19.4 million at the end of the campaign. R111.9 million went to ballot access, with R19.1 million of that paid to Atlas Strategy Group, but it seems the investment wasn't a great success because the stronger hitmaker only made it as a candidate in 12 states. Other major costs included legal fees, Kanye 2020 apparel and production for online videos used to promote his campaign, though the rapper, who is going through a divorce from wife Kim Kardashian West, and his team opted against purchasing TV, radio, or digital advertising, which many experts believed was a mistake. A former Kanye campaign insider told People magazine, I didn't see any Kanye ads, did you? If West had pushed and done a $10 million, or R149 million, by digitally, they could have actually made a difference in a few states.