Kanye West Parts With Wyoming Ranch as Reports of Financial Trouble Intensify

Kanye West has reportedly sold off his second Wyoming ranch, back to the original owners for $14 million, in the midst of reported money woes.

The rapper, 48, returned Bighorn Mountain Ranch, which sprawls across 6,713 acres, to the Flitner family, who first sold the “Gold Digger” hitmaker the land in 2019, after West neglected the ranch.

His purchase of the ranch back in 2019 marked his second Wyoming ranch, which he had snapped up in an effort to curb homelessness, and which he listed last year for $12 million and remains on the market.

According to Cowboy State Daily, the sale was notarized by West’s wife, Bianca Censori, on Sept. 17.

And while the family is thankful they have the property back in their hands, they noted that it is nothing like what it once was.

“Unlike Monster Ranch, he did not knock down any of the buildings. I think his original intent for the Mountain Ranch might have been somewhere that his family could go and be away from the rest of the world,” Pam Flitner told the outlet. 

The ranch has been listed and delisted from the market for the past six years; and according to the Flitners, they have repeatedly tried to contact West’s team about the property but had been unsuccessful.

“A lot of people have said that he was a really, really good guy and that he was really on task a lot of the time. So, none of us can fault him at all for buying it and trying to get something accomplished for himself,” Greg Flitner said.

The rapper bough the ranch from Greg’s father and his wife, David and Paula Flitner.

Greg noted that at the time, the sale was “one of those things” that needed to happen.

“We went ahead and got ahold of the realtor, and it was kind of a rush thing, because it sounded like the people who they were flying in to look at it, a lot of them were speculators.

“A big chunk of the ranch sold when the mountain sold. We had to do some real adjustments, and we just weren’t able, at the time, to buy it back, even if we would have wanted to. So, luckily, by the grace of God, you know, six years later we are in a different position,” Pam told the outlet.

The ranch, which was founded in 1906, is covered by National Forest lands, and features lush greenery, cattle operations, wildlife, and several cabins and lodges.

It comes complete with a five-bedroom, four-bathroom cabin with a enough space for several people.

He reportedly picked up the ranch with the intention of holding his Sunday Services there.

It reportedly includes heated helicopter pads and walk-in saunas.

It has been known as his “therapy ranch,” because it is where he sought comfort during his divorce to Kim Kardashian, and where he crafted his album, “Donda.”

The news of the sale is causing many to assume that West may be in suffering from financial issues as this is just the latest home of his to reach the market.

Days after one of West’s most infamous properties—his gutted beach house in Malibu—was relisted for $34.9 million, his Hollywood hills home was put up for sale, with both dwellings listed by the same agent: celebrity real estate broker Jason Oppenheim and his eponymous Oppenheim Group.

Owned by the rapper from 2003 until 2017, when he sold it for $2.95 million, the property was the site of a much talked-about Sistine Chapel-style mural that West had painted of himself on the dining room ceiling.

Dubbed “A Life Restored,” the mural by Ernie Barnes depicts a lifeless body being carried by an angel, with a winged and shirtless likeness of West hovering above. Angels and regular folks surround them, giv