Kanye West has been through so many different eras that Sunday Service feels like decades ago. In truth, the rapper's charity organization was launched in 2019. The organization was a catch all for the rapper during an explicitly Christian period in his life.
He sought to incorporate his religion into his art and his music. As such, Sunday Service was given a tax exemption. The government decreed that it fell under the 501(c)(3) organization label, which means it promotes "religious, educational, or charitable" purpose.
Unfortunately, this is no longer the case. Kanye West's Sunday Service was stripped of its charity status on May 14. The Sun reported that the IRS revoked the status on the grounds of improper tax filing.
The organization failed to file a Form 990-series return or notice for "three consecutive years." This will no doubt being a heartbreaking update for Kanye West, who claimed that spent $50 million of his own money on Sunday Service in 2020. The rapper was compelled to spread his Christian message, and thus paid to bring the Sunday Service Choir to join him at Coachella.
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.. The Yeezys, they were selling themselves.
So instead of paying for ads, I invested it in the church. I invested in spreading [the] gospe.