Kanye West Pledges $10 Million for a Massive Art Project in Arizona. Michael Towner, Iconic Legacy

Kanye West pledged $10 million to back the completion of artist James Turrell’s work-in-progress, the Roden Crater Project.

Turrell has been working on the project since the 1970s to convert a dormant volcanic crater in the Painted Desert near Flagstaff, Ariz., into a series of viewing spaces, tunnels, chambers, and pathways that will offer visitors a variety of visual and auditory experiences.

West is a musician and record producer. Along with a number of different business ventures, he founded the production company and record label Good Music in partnership with Sony BMG.

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