Who would ever turned down a half-a-million paycheck for just one show? Kanye West can!

Kanye West said "no" to an offer that could have made him the highest paid act in Las Vegas, TMZ reports.

Had the actor accepted the offer, he could rake in more cash than Celine Dion, Britney Spears and JLo.

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TMZ also found out that Kanye could pocket a whopping US$4.5 million for a nine-day work!

A written offer  that TMZ  managed to grab a copy, West could have performed 3 shows a week for 3 weeks at the Axis at Planet Hollywood.  That's US$500,000 for every show he makes.

Celine Dion is recently the highest paid Vegas act, earning US$476K for every show. Meanwhile, Britney Spears, who originally earned US$300,000 per show, managed to renegotiate her contract that got her paid US$475,000 per show. Jennifer Lopez is the latest performer to land a Las Vegas gig after signing a 72-show residency at The Axis for US$350,000 a show.

This was not the first time that West was offered a hefty per-show paycheck. He pocketed US$600,000 per show with Jay Z on their "Watch The Throne" tour, Forbes reports.

In 2014, Forbes notes that his annual earnings rose 100 percent, landing him a spot at Hip-Hop Cash Kings list.

West is one of the recording industry's best-selling artists. With more 21 million albums sold and 66 million digital downloads, the rapper has earned 21 Grammy Awards, making him also one of the most awarded artists of all-time and the most Grammy-awarded artist of his generation. He was one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world and has been Forbes' annual lists. Three of his albums made it on Rolling Stone's 2012 "the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.

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