Kanye West's high school art worth $23k, appraiser says
Kanye West speaks on stage at the "Kanye West and Steven Smith in Conversation with Mark Wilson" at the on November 07, 2019 in New York City. (Brad Barket/Getty Images for Fast Company / Getty Images)
CHICAGO - An appraiser says that drawings by Kanye West from when the rapper was a high school student in Chicago are now worth thousands of dollars.
The Chicago Tribune reports that an art specialist has determined that five portraits and landscapes by West could sell at auction for up to $23,000.
The collection was featured on an episode of the PBS series "Antiques Roadshow."
One of West's cousins received the artwork after West's mother, Donda West, died in 2007.
West graduated from Chicago's Polaris High School in 1995 and studied art at the American Academy of Art and Chicago State University.