14 year old Rashid Belhasa has his eye on becoming the most successful young entrepreneur in the Middle East and his dream of building his own empire is taking large leaps forward. His recently launched YouTube channel MoneyKickz, a channel dedicated to reviewing and showing off his collection of rare sneakers, has already gained more than 149,000 subscribers. Besides the sneaker collection, which he now estimates to be worth more than $80,000, Belhasa also co-owns a men’s streetwear line called KA-1. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:0014-year-old Rashid Balhassa has his eye on becoming the most successful young entrepreneur
00:09in the Middle East, and his dream of building his own empire is taking large leaps forward.
00:13His recently launched YouTube channel Money Kicks, a channel dedicated to reviewing and
00:17showing off his collection of rare sneakers, has already gained more than 149,000 subscribers.
00:23Balhassa became a sneakerhead nine months ago after he noticed how much attention his
00:2616-year-old brother Abdullah was drawing with his sneakers during a visit to the mall.
00:56Rashid brings various celebrities to his shoe room to chat about shoes, and his first
01:05taste of social media celebrity occurred when YouTube prankster Vitaly Zdorovetsky visited
01:09his family's 69,000-square-meter farm in al-Qawanej.
01:38Money Kicks popularity soared even further this year when rapper Wiz Khalifa visited
01:42his sneaker collection.
01:44During this visit, Khalifa seemingly dissed Kanye West by telling Balhassa on video that
01:48he just doesn't like Yeezy shoes.
01:51The clip was picked up by many forums as confirmation that the Kanye-Wiz beef was real.
01:56What it also did was send Balhassa's popularity soaring even higher.
02:00Besides the sneaker collection, which he now estimates to be worth more than $80,000, Balhassa
02:04also co-owns a men's streetwear line.
02:30The youngster, who will soon be in grade 10, has a team of managers who take care of his
02:33videos and posts, and has plans to turn his fashion line and sneaker addiction into a
02:37major business.
02:38Logan Fish for Tabloid.