Feb. 15 (Reuters): Rapper Kanye West, who says he is $53 million in debt, has asked Facebook Inc's CEO Mark Zuckerberg to invest $1 billion into his "ideas".

West asked his Twitter followers to urge Zuckerberg to support him. "World, please tweet, FaceTime, Facebook, instagram, whatever you gotta do to get Mark to support me ... West tweeted. The rapper also asked Alphabet Inc CEO Larry Page to help him with his financial troubles.

West, who claimed he was "still $53 million in personal debt", said that people do not give money to "real artists" like him but rather open schools in Africa.

Neither Zuckerberg nor Page have verified accounts on Twitter, the microblogging website. Some Twitter users have reached out to Zuckerberg via Facebook Messenger asking him to help the rapper out.