Kanye West reportedly loses $35 million contract over Grammys stunt with Bianca Censori

Kanye West and Bianca Censori attend the 67th Annual Grammy Awards on February 3. Photo / Getty Images

Kanye West has boasted that his wife Bianca Censori broke the internet with her nude stunt at the Grammy Awards - although the act may have just cost him a multi-million dollar contract.

The controversial rapper has been accused by many of forcing his other half to flash her private parts in a semi-transparent outfit on the red carpet at the Los Angeles bash on February 3 (NZT).

And now, he’s taken to his Instagram account to share metrics on how Bianca’s bare body got more hits on Google than the winners of the music ceremony itself.

Google Metrics posted by the Heartless rapper showed the shocking stunt had prompted more than five million searches of Censori’s name.

West, 47, also declared “we beat the grammies (sic)” and hailed Censori, the Head of Architecture at his fashion brand Yeezy, the “MOST GOOGLED PERSON ON THE PLANET CALLED EARTH.”

According to a lip-reading expert, Kanye had instructed his 30-year-old wife to remove her fur coat and “make a scene”.

Kanye West posted Google Metrics that showed Censori's name had been searched more than five million times following the Grammy Awards. Photo / @ye

It was reported that the pair had been escorted out of the Crypto.com Arena, but another insider claimed the couple “left of their own accord”.

While he’s bragged about beating the Grammys, it hasn’t done much for West’s finances or reputation, with West said to have lost a US$20 million ($35.4m) contract in Japan following the stunt.

A source told DailyMail.com “Kanye is just ******* up every opportunity that comes to him. The stunt was creepy beyond belief and has been greeted with horror in Japan”.

West was scheduled to perform two shows at Tokyo Dome in May, but his latest stunt has prompted a change of mind among the event organisers in Japan.

The insider added: “Japan is having a cultural awakening about women’s rights and the MeToo movement is really strong here. What he did is being seen as an act of coercive control which is utterly unacceptable. He has completely culturally misjudged Japan”.

Kanye West with his wife Bianca Censori at the 2025 Grammy Awards. Photo / Getty Images

West is said to have “greatly misjudged the tolerance of the Japanese people”.

The rap star - who has been married to Censori since 2022 - has been living in a hotel in Japan for much of the last year, and he never imagined that the concert organisers would withdraw their support.

The source explained: “The investors in Japan who are backing the concerts are extremely upset by this. It is highly likely that they will pull the funding for the shows.

“He has greatly misjudged the tolerance of the Japanese people towards these activities. He’s just not welcome anymore. This will be a big blow for him because he has been living in Japan for around a year now, almost full time, and I guess he did not see this coming.”

- Additional reporting, NZ Herald