{"id":402120,"date":"2022-02-01T12:34:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kanye-west-says-no-to-nfts\/"},"modified":"2022-02-01T12:34:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T09:34:44","slug":"kanye-west-says-no-to-nfts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kanye-west-says-no-to-nfts\/","title":{"rendered":"# Kanye West says no to NFTs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong># Kanye West says no to NFTs  <\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content\" data-v-128018ef>Kanye West won\u2019t be purchasing a Bored Ape Yacht Club nonfungible token (NFT) any time soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a strongly worded Instagram post made on Monday, Ye stated \u201cDo not ask me to do a f*cking NFT.\u201d The message in the photo, shared with his 10.5 million followers, explains he is focused on \u201cbuilding real products in the real world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t mince his words in a follow-up comment to the Instagram post:<\/p>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.cointelegraph.com\/uploads\/2022-02\/68c1722c-9d2b-49b4-92e4-fd4855bb5391.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSTOP ASKING ME TO DO NFTs I\u2019M NOT FINNA CO-SIGN \u2026 FOR NOW I\u2019M NOT ON THAT WAVE I MAKE MUSIC AND PRODUCTS IN THE REAL WORLD\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Whereas celebrities including Neymar, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/eminem-purchases-bored-ape-yacht-club-9055-for-452k-shadys-portfolio-holds-166-nfts\/\">Eminem<\/a> and Jake Paul who made cash grabs for NFTs in 2021, the billionaire and former presidential candidate Kanye West is categorically in opposition to the virtual tokens.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u><em>Related:\u00a0NASA blasts NFTs, says they won\u2019t take off with its imagery<\/em><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kayne West joins a growing list of NFT-skeptics, including celebrities such as Keanu Reeves. Movie star Reeves joked in an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/danidiplacido\/2021\/12\/11\/keanu-reeves-thinks-nfts-are-a-joke\/?sh=2edf9e041117\">interview<\/a> for the <em>Matrix Resurrections<\/em> that NFTs are \u201ceasily reproduced.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Unlike Reeves&#8217; character Neo, who is tr<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed in the Matrix, Ye will continue to work on &#8220;real products&#8221; in the &#8220;real world&#8221;. West&#8217;s album Donda 2 is scheduled for release on Feb. 22. 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