Kanye West now has the control over his late mother Donda's scratch, and can spend it where he sees fit.
TMZ was in an LA court this morning where a judge granted a petition to make Kanye and Shawn Gee (West's money guy) co-executors of Donda's estate. Which means they now control her cash, which it turns out, is less than $250,000.
Donda died without a will.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
1. That 250 G's was probably his to start with.
Posted at 2:40PM on May 29th 2008 by jlewy
2. She looks like a fat James Brown
Posted at 2:42PM on May 29th 2008 by jlewy
3. Readers of TMZ, make your wills out to Mike Hunt.
GO LAKERS!!!
Posted at 2:49PM on May 29th 2008 by Mike Hunt
4. DONDA HAD WAAAYYY MORE MONEY THAN THAT!!!!!! I SMELL TAX FRAUD!!!!!
Posted at 2:51PM on May 29th 2008 by Julian Roberts
5. MAYBE HE CAN SHACK UP WITH WES SNIPES AT JAIL. hee, hee, hee, hee........
Posted at 2:53PM on May 29th 2008 by Julian Roberts
6. OH, AND KANYE, NOW THAT MOM'S GONE, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST COME OUT OF THE CLOSET??? SHE'LL NEVER KNOW!
Posted at 2:56PM on May 29th 2008 by Julian Roberts
7. sad situation
Posted at 3:05PM on May 29th 2008 by ME
8. U really need to do a will if u have ANY assets, plus, every think abt what happens to ur kids if u don't have one and both parents have a tragedy?, well family fights over custody. You can do one for under $200 and have peace of mind. Think abt it.
Posted at 3:26PM on May 29th 2008 by yabba dabba do
9. There is no reason for the rude comments posted here.
Posted at 4:21PM on May 29th 2008 by Victoria C
10. kanyes mom is no longer here, have respect for him as well as his mom...have you ever heard RIP ..... key word peace, but instead people would rather talk about how much money she left, thats pretty ridiculous.
Posted at 4:26PM on May 29th 2008 by steph
11. I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but maybe she should have gotten her teeth fixed before any plastic surgery.
Posted at 5:14PM on May 29th 2008 by F\\\' That
12. To 11 Fix That: I don't want to speak ill of the dead, but maybe she should have gotten her teeth fixed before any plastic surgery
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I agree, you took the words right out of my mouth.
Posted at 5:25PM on May 29th 2008 by My thoughts exactly
13. hell if thats all she was worth, then now i understand why she went to a McDonalds to have surgery done by that quack Dr Adams (and doctor is used very loosely here). pocket change for kanye!
Posted at 5:30PM on May 29th 2008 by BRODY
14. 11 & 12 - if you really don't want to speak ill of the dead, then DON'T!! please show some respect!!
Posted at 5:33PM on May 29th 2008 by yeFan
15. Thats all she was worth...well its nice to know that I have more money than some of these Stars Parents.........If that was my mom...she would have been living the high life and not going to some lying plastic surgeon! one of my homes is worth more than Kanye moms whole estate! that is a shame!
Posted at 5:37PM on May 29th 2008 by lou
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