Elon Musk has asked Kanye West to help him build his own town in Texas.
The billionaire entrepreneur plans to build a “Texas utopia” on 3,500 acres of newly purchased pasture and farmland in Bastrop County, about 35 miles from Austin, where his employees will live and work, according to The Wall Street Journal.
The Twitter CEO is said to have met with West and his architect several times last year to discuss broad concepts and visual mock-ups, but no plans were finalized. According to the report, Musk’s ex-girlfriend Grimes was also involved in the discussions.
Snailbrook, Musk’s planned town, is located near his Boring Co. and SpaceX facilities and already includes a group of modular homes, a pool, an outdoor sports area, and a gym.
Plans are being withheld, and landowners have been required to sign non-disclosure agreements. Musk has yet to file an incorporation application, which would allow his Austin-area employees to live in new homes with below-market rents.
Kanye has grand plans to build his own mini-city. Last year, his team filed a series of trademark applications for the “Yecosystem,” a micro-community comprised of homes and retail stores selling Yecosystem-branded food and beverages.
“He’s trying to do stuff that people can’t even imagine and he’s trying to make it happen,” a source told Rolling Stone. “He comes from a good family. It is undoubtedly his goal that everything that people touch that is his is good and has a positive impact on the world.”
Ye attempted to build his own housing project on the 300 acres of land he owns in Calabasas in 2019. The dome-like prototype structures were eventually demolished after neighbors complained and the project was found to be in violation of the building code.
