Does the Yeezus singer know how to swim?
Kanye West can indeed swim, he has had lavish swimming pools in both his houses – the Bel Air mansion he and spouse Kim used to live in, and the newer Hidden Hills house they live in now. Swimming isn’t the only sports Kanye enjoys though – he is a huge basketball fan and
Read on to learn more!
Kanye and Kim Have a $20 Million Pool
Kanye enjoys swimming as a hobby, so it is no surprise that he and Kim Kardashian West have a huge pool in the backyard of their Hidden Hills 16,000-square-foot mansion, which has ten bathrooms and eight bedrooms, and also boasts of a music studio, a full-size movie theatre equipped with Dolby surround sound, and a two-story playroom for the kids!
The $20 million swimming pool is custom-built and was still under construction when they moved into the house during November 2018. Sources claim that Kanye wanted this pool to be, at the very least, five times bigger than any other pools in the neighborhood. Some sources also reported that the couple was planning to add more features to their home, like a hair salon, a massage room, and a spa!
This house previously belonged to Lisa Marie Presley, and Kim and Kanye moved into it after selling their previous home in Bel-Air, which they had purchased for $9 million in 2013. It sold for $17.8 million. This home had a pool as well.
Kim wrote about how much work she and Kanye and put into remodeling this house before selling it, saying, “We just sold our house! We bought it in 2013 and then completely remodeled it. Originally, the home had a much more Mediterranean feel but we worked so hard on redoing it to be more minimalist and in our tastes and tones. For the architecture, Kanye and I envisioned having clean, sleek lines. We wanted to create a more modern feel to the home. The interior design was all about neutral tones and minimal furniture. We also repositioned the pool and added a glam room with its own separate entrance.”
Swimming Isn’t the Only Sport Kanye Enjoys
Even though Kanye often swims in their new custom pool, it turns out Kim has never actually used it! “I’ve never used our pool, actually,” she admitted once, which led to an understandably shocked reaction from Kanye. Their kids still use the pool though. “We built a really long stair, and it’s not the deepest pool, so the kids love it,” Kim said.
That being said, swimming isn’t the only sports Kanye enjoys. Their house also has a gym and a basketball court, because Kanye is a well-known basketball fan. He has been playing it since he was a freshman in high school, but he never actually played in any of his team’s games. Kanye is also, naturally, an NBA fan. His 38th birthday was celebrated at the Los Angeles Lakers sports arena, the Staples Center.
The arena was closed as Kanye, along with Kim and North West, rented it for the night to have a huge birthday party which included playing basketball and a lot of tweeting. Kanye’s single Amazing was also used by the NBA for the 2009 Playoff, and Kanye is personal friends with many of the players as well.
Basketball references are scattered throughout Kanye’s discography, and rumor has it he’s really good at the game. So good, that the internet has been busy trying to figure out how to beat him at a hypothetical basketball game for years!