Kanye West sends desperate tweets to Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg begging him for $1billion

The rapper also admitted he was $53 million in debt.

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HE’S the self-proclaimed “greatest living rock star of all time” but it would seem that Kanye West’s bank account tells a different story. 

Because today he not only admitted he was £36million ($53million) in debt, but he then went cap in virtual hand to Mark Zuckerberg begging him for £700million ($1billion).

But the rapper, 38, didn't personally call the Facebook co-founder or arrange a business meeting but instead pleaded for the cash through a series of tweets. During one of his lengthy Twitter rants during which he admitted to his 18 million followers that he was up to his ears in personal debt, he took to his social media page to call on Zuckerberg, 31, to invest in "Kanye West ides".

 He wrote: "I write this to you my brothers while still $53 million dollars in personal debt. Please pray we overcome. This is my true heart.” He then turned to Zuckerberg, who doesn’t have a Twitter page, and added: “Mark Zuckerberg invest 1 billion dollars into Kanye West ideas.

“Mark Zuckerberg I know it’s your bday but can you please call me by 2mrw. You love hip hop, you love my art... I am your favourite artist but you watch me barely breathe and still play my album in your house. “

Kanye should have done his research a bit better because although he got the date right, Mark’s birthday isn’t actually until May. Not stopping to take a breath, Kanye continued his pleading, even calling on his followers to help by asking them to pressure Mark - who is worth an estimated £30.7billion ($44.6 billion) and has yet to respond to Kanye - into handing over his cash.

Kanye then got desperate and wrote: “Mark, I am publicly asking you for help. One of the coolest things you could ever do is to help me in my time of need and I will always respect you for that and the world will love you.”