Kanye West’s $1.5M abandoned church building in LA burns to the ground…

Kanye West’s hopes of expanding his church offerings in Los Angeles seem to have taken a hit after a building he purchased in 2023 burned to the ground.

In January 2023, West purchased a single-story home in LA’s San Fernando Valley for $1.5 million, but the building burned down in October 2024, The US Sun reported on Monday.

West — who recently announced the return of his Sunday Service sessions — reportedly purchased the building from the Cornerstone Christian Church, which is located near the property.

The 47-year-old rapper doesn’t appear to have ever done anything with the property after snapping it up, and photos taken in December 2023 suggested that it had been left abandoned and untended for.

DailyMail.com has reached out to a representative for West to request comment.

According to The Sun, neighbors of the Northridge property had been complaining about the lot’s dirty, unkempt status before it was set ablaze.

Prior to the purchase, over 12,000 detractors signed a petition urging Cornerstone not to sell the property to West due to his offensive statements and antisemitic tirades, but that didn’t appear to sway the Cornerstone Christian Church from selling the property to him.

However, it appeared to be a foregone conclusion, as the controversial performer had become friends with the church’s former pastor Ronald Nagin, and the church had previously rented out rooms in its main building to him.

It was Nagin who previously resided at the home that West bought.