NYE MOVES WEST; BUYS BEVERLY HILLS MANSION: Artist pays $7.2 million for 3300 square foot spread.

     (Akiit.com) Chicago-born rapper-producer Kanye West is now the proud owner of a 3,300 square foot Beverly Hills mansion after paying a reported $7.2 million.

      According to the Los Angeles Times, Ye’s new traditional-style crib includes six bedrooms, four bathrooms and park-like grounds of almost an acre. It had been more than 45 years before the two-story house, built in 1921, had been on the market.

      West, 29, has been busy in Los Angeles developing an HBO show with Larry Charles (“Borat,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Seinfeld”). He is also working on a new album and recently recorded his own version of rapper Rich Boy’s hit single “Throw Some Ds” View the NSFW video below.