Office vacancy rates nationwide stand at 13.9%, up from 9.3% in 2019 and near a record high. Steep mortgage rates have also put many owners in a financial squeeze.

I’m doing this 'cause it’s an honor. I respect the office," the St. Louis native said during a live conversation with fellow rapper, Willie D. "It don’t matter who is in office.

He was thrust into the top job of his family’s real-estate company at the age of 34, just as Covid-19 was sending the U.S. office market into its biggest tailspin since World War II.