Kanye West Looks To The Stars For Earthly Shelter: Tatooine-Style Low-Income Housing
A Forbes Magazine cover story on Kanye West promises a rare look at the mind “behind a billion-dollar sneaker empire,” but it’s the mogul’s Star Wars-inspired solution for California’s housing crisis that’s getting the buzz.No, West isn’t thinking outer space colonies.
Rather, he wants to build Tatooine-style houses right here on Earth.In an irresistible anecdote, Forbes’ Zack O’Malley Greenburg describes his midnight trip with West to a “bungalow in the woods” somewhere near Los Angeles.
West, in a Lamborghini, picks up the writer and takes off for parts unknown, Bach blaring, and…well, let Greenburg tell it:“Speaking of aliens, if you really want to see how West’s creative process works, then a visit to the Star Wars planet of Tatooine is necessary.
Inspired by Luke Skywalker’s childhood home, West has been working with a team to design prefabricated structures