Kanye West
Born Kanye Omari West
June 8, 1977 (age 41)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Residence Hidden Hills, California, U.S.
Other names
Yeezy Ye Yeezus Louis Vuitton Don
Education School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Occupation
Rapper singer songwriter record producer fashion designer entrepreneur
Years active 1996–present
Home town Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Title Doctor (honorary)
Spouse(s) Kim Kardashian (m. 2014)
Children 3
Awards List of awards and nominations
Musical career
Genres Hip hop
Instruments
Vocals Sampler
Labels
GOOD Roc-A-Fella Roc Nation[2] Def Jam
Associated acts
Child Rebel Soldier Kids See Ghosts Big Sean Chance the Rapper Common Consequence Drake Frank Ocean GLC Jamie Foxx Jay-Z John Legend Justin Vernon Kid Cudi Mike Dean No I.D. Pusha T Rihanna Twista
Website kanyewest.com
Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer. Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, West first became known as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, contributing to hit singles for artists such as Jay-Z, Ludacris and Alicia Keys. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success, and founded the record label GOOD Music. He went on to pursue a variety of styles on subsequent albums, including the polarizing but influential 808s & Heartbreak (2008). He released the critically acclaimed album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010, and followed with albums such as the abrasive Yeezus (2013) and fragmented The Life of Pablo (2016), full-length collaborations with Jay-Z and Kid Cudi, and production work for artists such as Pusha T and Nas.
West’s outspoken views and life outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at award shows, on social media, and in other public settings, as well as his comments on the music and fashion industries, U.S. politics, and race. As a fashion designer, he has collaborated with Nike, Louis Vuitton, and A.P.C. on both clothing and footwear, and have most prominently resulted in the YEEZY collaboration with Adidas beginning in 2013. He is the founder and head of the creative content company DONDA. His marriage to television personality Kim Kardashian has also been a source of substantial media attention.
West is among the most critically acclaimed musicians of the 21st century and one of the best-selling music artists of all time.[3] He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all time and the most Grammy-awarded artist of his generation.[4] Three of his albums have been included and ranked on Rolling Stone’s 2012 update of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time” list. Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015
Early life
Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia.[5][6] After his parents divorced when he was three years old he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.[7][8] His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Ray West was later a Christian counselor,[8] and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son.[9][10] West’s mother, Dr. Donda C. (Williams) West,[11] was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to serve as his manager. West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School[12] in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois, after living in Chicago.[13] At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, where she was teaching at Nanjing University as part of an exchange program. According to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it.[14] When asked about his grades in high school, West replied, “I got A’s and B’s. And I’m not even frontin’.”[15]
West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age; he began writing poetry when he was five years old.[16] His mother recalled that she first took notice of West’s passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade.[17] West started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists.[18] At age thirteen, West wrote a rap song called “Green Eggs and Ham” and began to persuade his mother to pay $25 an hour for time in a recording studio. It was a small, crude basement studio where a microphone
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Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMtbc3NN_ig
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