(38) from a little-known musician turned into a cult figure. His albums began to sell out in millions of copies, and the most influential music critics unanimously recognized West as the best of the best in his field. Among his many achievements and awards are 21 awards. "Grammy", successful collaborations with famous designers and the love of fans around the world.
In addition, in 2012, his romance began with one of the most scandalous and popular TV stars - (35) . In the same 2012, Kim gave the rapper a beautiful baby North (5), and a year later they . More recently, the West Kardashian family has replenished again beautiful baby who was born on December 5, 2015. The boy was named which means "saint" in English.
However, with all the pluses, the rapper has one big minus - excessive temper and love for scandals. He always quarreled for any reason, but in Lately literally splatters with negativity and amazes fans with inappropriate behavior. We decided to remember the most high-profile scandals famous rapper and figure out what lies true reason his behaviour.
Kanye West vs. 50 Cent
Surely you remember this confrontation, in which two popular rappers could not share the glory and decide who is cooler. Of course, our beloved Kanye became the instigator of this whole story. It all started with the fact that they were compared in the press, and Kanye gladly supported this race. West even delayed the release of his album Graduation to wait for the album release 50 Cent "Curtis" and prove your superiority to your opponent. They made a bet according to which the loser should leave the musical career. The confrontation was accompanied by caustic comments from rappers to each other, until West finally won. However, 50 Cent did not keep his promise and did not leave the musical Olympus.
Arrest
2008 is significant for Kanye's run-in with the law. At the International Airport Los Angeles West and his bodyguard were arrested for beating the photographer. Kanye threw him to the pavement and broke his $10,000 camera. As a result, the rapper was released on $20,000 bail, and his behavior was reclassified from a crime to a misdemeanor.
Scandalous escapade at MTV Video Music Awards 2009
The next victim of the rapper was the favorite America (26). During the awards ceremony, when the singer received her moon man and made a speech, Kanye unceremoniously snatched the microphone from her and said that she should have won in this nomination. (34) . But the public did not appreciate the rapper's impulse, and after the ceremony, West had to apologize to Taylor.
Scandal at the Grammys 2015
Another scandal, and again the singer became the cause beyoncé. The audience waited with bated breath for the announcement of the winner in the "Album of the Year" nomination and were sure that Beyoncé would get the award. However, to the surprise of those present, and especially Kanye, the victory went to the musician Becu (45). Outraged by this turn of events, the rapper ran onto the stage, but last moment changed his mind and went back. However, after the ceremony was over, West gave vent to emotions and expressed his dissatisfaction, questioning Beck's talent, and also stated that he should give the award to Beyoncé.
Saturday Night Live scandal
The famous rapper has one big weakness - he himself. After the show saturday night live An audio recording has leaked online showing an outraged Kanye declaring that he is more influential than a film director. Stanley Kubrick, Picasso, drug lord Pablo Escobar and even apostle paul, and threatens the organizers, offering not to contact him. The reason for this behavior was that the producers cut his time on the air right before the start of the show.
Statement by US President Barack Obama
Barack Obama (54) is famous for his love of good music and loves to communicate with musicians. Of course, he couldn't help but notice West's behavior. In one of his speeches, Obama said, “There's been a culture shift. Kids haven't been so fanatical about what Kim Kardashian wears and where Kanye West vacations before."
Kanye West on the fake cover of The Rolling stone
The rapper has never been distinguished by modesty, which he proved in Once again putting yourself on the cover famous magazine The Rolling Stone. Kanye posted the picture in his Twitter. Such an outburst, of course, outraged the editors of the magazine, and in official account publications commented: “Although we love Kanye and we have a lot for him sensitive issues, this is not a real cover of The Rolling Stone." Apparently, this conflict was settled peacefully.
Kanye West bans white critics from commenting on his music
An endless stream of hysteria pours out of him like a waterfall. This time the rapper's wrath was experienced by white-skinned journalists. Kanye banned white critics from writing about "black" music, because, according to him, they cannot understand the whole point and do not know what it is like to be the great-grandson of a slave.
Kanye and Amber Rose
fashion model Amber Rose (32) became known to the public thanks to an affair with Kanye West, and this is no secret to anyone. However, the rapper does not get tired of reminding him of this. The relationship between Amber and Kanye lasted from 2008 to 2010, and the reason for the breakup was, of course, Kim Kardashian, who, according to Rose, took her lover literally from under her nose. Constant quarrels between West's women continue to this day. Kanye reacted very harshly to another attack on Kim: “Because of my communication with Amber, Kim made me take a shower 30 times before we had sex.” The rapper did not stop there: “Amber Rose is gradually going down, she needs attention, so she makes scandals. Who had heard of her before I started dating her? She became a model thanks to me. At the time I was dating Amber, I already liked Kim, but she didn't pay attention to me because of Rose." A real gentleman!
Kanye West and Wiz Khalifa fight
This conflict turned into a family confrontation. The reason for the quarrel that broke out in Twitter between West and Khalifa, became Kim Kardashian. It all started when Khalifa criticized the title of West's new album: Kanye decided at the last moment to change it from Swish ("Whistling") on Waves. Khalifa wrote: “KK is that crap that makes your sound not like waves at all, better go back to whistling.” In response, Kanye flooded his Twitter with angry messages to ex-lover Amber Rose (she is the current wife of Wiz Khalifa). Most of all, the rapper was outraged by hints of Kim's bad influence. However, when the passions subsided, West deleted the comments and confessed his love to Wiz.
Kanye and his debts
February 13, 2016 in his Twitter Kanye West again amazed the public and admitted that he owed US banks $ 53 million! “I am writing this post while I am owed $53 million. Please pray that we will overcome these Hard times. I say this with an open heart,” the rapper wrote, addressing all fans. He also asked the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg (31) invest one billion dollars in it.
Another scandal with Taylor Swift
In the text of his new song Famous Kanye said that it was he who made the singer popular, and even said these words: "Taylor and I can still have sex." The public was outraged by this statement, so West decided to clarify the situation on his Twitter: “I called Taylor and talked to her whole hour about this line. She said it was fun and gave me permission."
New scandal with Kanye West with Bob Ezrin
This time, the rapper's opponent was famous producer Bob Ezrin (66) who stated that in Kanye West there is nothing brilliant, he is the most regular rapper, which is still very far from promising young musicians. Of course, Kanye did not ignore the criticism in his address and once again used his favorite weapon - Twitter, writing an angry response: “Has anyone ever heard of Bob Ezrin? What does he understand about rap… I’m so tired of old people who don’t understand anything anymore, but try to comment on music.” As always, one salvo was not enough for the rapper and he continued: “Your children should be ashamed that you are their father. I feel sorry for them. I'll send them free sneakers Yeezys to somehow alleviate this shame that you caused.
Many critics are seriously concerned psychological state famous rapper. However, do not forget that Kanye's scandalous antics became more frequent just in anticipation of the release of his new album. The Life Of Pablo. We are sure that Kanye is not sick at all, but simply uses scandals to draw attention to himself and the release of the record. After all, as you know, a good scandal is the shortest way to world famous, however, rather dubious.
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Kanye West (English) Kanye West) is an American rapper (along with Eminem and Jay-Z is the greatest rap artist of our time), producer, arranger, fashion designer, winner of 21 Grammy Awards (one of the best results in music history). He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008 and his fifth My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. His five albums have received numerous awards (including fourteen Grammys), positive critical reviews and commercial success. West also launched his own label, GOOD Music. West's mascot and trademark is a teddy bear, the image of which has appeared on the covers of his three albums, as well as on the cover of the Stronger single. The fifth record of the artist My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy has become a favorite music critics, received a Grammy for best rap album of 2011, and also won top ratings from eminent magazines and sites such as Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly and Pitchfork. Currently dating Kim Kardashian.
Kanye West was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was three years old, and Kanye and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. His father, Ray West, was a member of the Black Panther Party and was one of the first African-American photojournalists for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Kanye's mother - Donda West, professor in English at Clark Atlanta University, former Dean of the Department of English at Chicago State University (died 2008). After moving from Chicago, Kanye West attended high school - Polaris High School in the suburbs of Oak Lawn, Illinois. He entered the State University of Chicago, but soon dropped out due to poor academic performance and decided to focus on working in the music field. Kanye West began composing songs for local artists during his school days. Gained fame after writing several singles for influential hip hop/R&B artists such as: Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Cam'ron, Paul Wall, Common, Mobb Deep, Jermaine Dupri, Scarface, The Game, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson, John Legend and others. On October 23, 2002, Kanye West was in a serious car accident on his way home from the recording studio. The accident inspired the artist to create his first solo single - Through the Wire. Many of West's songs (such as Jesus Walks) have a religious theme. These songs formed the basis for the creation debut album The College Dropout, which was released under Roc-A-Fella Records in February 2004 to positive reviews. The album also defined the style that would bring West to fame - wordplay and sampling. The album was certified platinum three times. Two singles were released from the album: All Falls Down and The New Workout Plan, as well as the widely acclaimed Slow Jamz. Thus began the solo career of this talented artist.
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Many black stars grew up in poverty: Oprah Winfrey - in a ghetto on the banks of the Mississippi, Jay Z - in Brooklyn, Sean Combs (P. Diddy) - in Harlem poverty. But another rapper was more fortunate: his mother is a professor, his father is a photojournalist. The biography of Kanye West began in June 1977 in the pearl of the south of Atlanta.
Biography of Kanye West
Novice Composer
True, he lived there for a short time. Parents - Ray and Donda - divorced as soon as Kanye was three years old. Mom easily achieved custody of her son and left for Chicago. There she began to teach English at the university, and then rose to the post of dean of her faculty.
Kanye also entered there, but the study did not really attract the guy. He began to get involved in music early, and when things at the university went from bad to worse, Kanye did not bother to get higher education. He decided to start earning as a composer - after all, even at school, the teenager came up with compositions for local "stars". The young man turned out to be punchy - he offered his songs famous people working in the style of "hip-hop" and R&B. Soon the young composer was noticed. Alisha Keys, Germaine Dupree, Jay Z, Janet Jackson and other performers took West's singles into service, and Kanye West's biography went uphill.
The accident has changed priorities
At the end of 2002, the 25-year-old musician was waiting for serious challenge- he almost died in a car accident, his face was badly injured (the jaw was broken in several places). In a hospital bed, the recovering rapper wrote singles for his first solo album, and the CD "The College Dropout" was born. Witty wordplay, original sampling - it was definitely a new style that distinguishes West's compositions.
The album was released at the beginning of 2004, it went platinum - three times! At the same time, the label (rather even a production company) "GOOD Music" was founded. A year later, Kanye received three Grammys for his debut. In total, he will be nominated for this musical award more than fifty times, and the winner will be in the 21st case. The composer and performer did not delay with the second disc, releasing it in 2005, followed by four more albums (in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2013).
Philanthropist Kanye...
The 2010 disc "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" is considered the most successful in the biography of Kanye West - it was named the best album of the 21st century, critics did not skimp on praise. He continued to collaborate with Jay Z, Ludacris and other legendary rappers.
Back in 2003, West founded a charitable foundation named after himself (in the city where he spent his childhood - Chicago). This organization helps little African Americans and children Hispanic get a good education. Philanthropist West also transfers money to other funds - for example, victims of natural Disasters, participates in concerts and actions to help those in need.
…and Bully West
However, Kanye became famous not only as a talented successful musician and philanthropist, but also as a troublemaker. On his account - arrests for fights and attacks on journalists, and he also "distinguished himself" in 2009 at the MTV Video Music Awards ceremony.
He was on stage when the newly awarded Taylor Swift began her acceptance speech. The rapper interrupted the girl and said that only Beyoncé deserved the awards here. West was led out of the room. He later issued a public apology for this outburst.
Personal life of Kanye West
The bride did not become a wife
Alexis Pfeiffer became the bride of Kanye in 2006 - before that, the couple had been dating for almost four years. After the accident, the rapper began to look at the world differently and seemed to himself quite ready for family life. It is not clear why they delayed the engagement so much. Kanye and Alex seemed happy, but after a year and a half, for some reason, they announced a breakup. Maybe "burned out"?
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After the breakup, Amber did not despair, she found herself a new black “patron”: rapper Wiz Khalifa even became her husband. But the marriage was unhappy.
A beautiful couple!
And Kanye found another love - reality TV star, dazzling brunette Kim Kardashian. They became a couple in 2012, and in the middle of the following year they had a charming daughter. And in December 2015, brother Saint joined North. According to Kim Kardashian, she is not averse to giving birth to her husband's third child.
West turned out to be an enviable groom - for example, he gave his beloved a whole network of ... European eateries. And Kanye asked Kim to become his wife in a very solemn atmosphere. It was a Kardashian birthday party held in San Francisco in a huge stadium.
The wedding was also grand - in the romantic old Italian city of Florence in May 2014. Kim looked like an exotic flower in an openwork elegant (and very modest) Givenchy dress, and the newlywed seemed very happy.
Kanye West is popular american singer, rapper, producer, songwriter and fashion designer. Critics have repeatedly called Kanye one of the the greatest artists XXI century. West is also known for his sharp and direct statements at ceremonies and on social media, which often led to scandals.
American rapper Kanye Omari West was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Both parents belonged to intelligent professions. Ray West's father was one of the first African American photojournalists in the United States. Mom Donda West at the time of the birth of her son taught English at Clark-Atlanta University and had the academic title of professor. Later, she headed the philological department at the University of Chicago, and when Kanye needed a personal manager, the woman took over these duties.
The boy was three years old when Ray and Donda divorced. Kanye stayed with his mom and moved to Chicago with her. He attended high school"Polaris" and studied very well. A score below the "four" was nonsense for West.
For some time, the teenager and his mother lived in China, where Donda taught the local population English. Since Kanye was the only foreign student in the town of Nanjing, no separate program was created for him, and West mastered Chinese in a short time.
Creativity entered Kanye's life early. At the age of five, he wrote his first poem, and by the age of 8 he became interested in painting and music. Mom gave her son gaming computer"Amiga", which had a program for creating simple melodies. West plunged into this interesting activity. A little later, the teenager begins to rap and participate in the hip-hop movement of the city. At the age of 13, Kanye writes melodies that he is no longer ashamed to sell to other musicians. During the same period, he recorded his own composition "Green Eggs and Ham" in a semi-professional studio.
After school, Kanye West received a grant to study at the American Academy of Arts, but the scholarship was given to him to study at the Faculty of Fine Arts, and not music, as the guy had hoped. Therefore, he soon transferred to the University of Chicago and immersed himself in English literature.
At 20, West dropped out of high school to focus on musical career. The mother professor was shocked, but the further success of her son allowed her to take a different look at things. The woman later said that she realized that in some professions, talent, willpower and determination have much big role than education.
Music and creativity
Back in school and student days, Kanye West wrote music for other performers, including and, younger sister. But later he began his own way in show business. Unfortunately, at first, Kanye received rejections from recording studios. They were happy to buy samples of the author, but did not want to hear about the rapper, who grew up in an intelligent family, and not among young gangsters.
Rap music implies a story about the difficulties that the performer had to face in life. Kanye had no experience with gunfights or drug dealing. But at that moment another tragedy happened - he got into a car accident in which he crushed his jaw.
Being in a special splint for the face, the musician writes the song "Through the Wire" and two weeks later, while still in a special medical mask, he records the song in the studio. Thanks to the disaster, the young man found the theme of the first album "The College Dropout": making his own decisions.
The disc was a huge success and debuted at #2 on the Billboard. The big hits were "Slow Jamz" and "Jesus Walks", which is still something of a business card West. Interestingly, from a musical point of view, the style of Kanye's debut album was similar to accelerated soul. This was an innovation that West's colleagues began to copy, and he immediately sat down to invent another genre so as not to repeat himself.
The second disc, Late Registration, brought Kanye a Grammy Award, and West's admirers of the compositions Gold Digger, Heard "Em Say" and "Drive Slow". Thus, the singer, who was rejected by the recording studio, became one of the most successful rappers of the world.
Subsequently, Kanye West gave fans world-class hits more than once. Mention hip-hop "Stronger", minimalist synth-pop "Love Lockdown" and rap "Heartless". The last of these is considered one of the best-selling singles in the world.
In 2011, the artist, together with the rapper, released the album Watch the Throne. The composition "Ni**as In Paris" became the most successful single of the collection. At concerts, the audience several times called the musicians to sing the song for an encore. During a performance in Paris in 2012, the musicians performed "Ni**as In Paris" 11 times.
Released in 2013 new album musician called "Yeezus", over which 25 producers worked, including the rapper himself. A funny incident is connected with the clip of one composition from the collection - "Bound 2". The actors also made a funny parody on the video. Later on The Graham Norton Show, Rogen admitted that Kanye West appreciated his joke with James. The artist also added that the performer took 3 hours to shoot the video, and he and Franco spent 3 days on their version. On the same album, Kanye introduced the song "Black Skinhead", which he dedicated to black people.
In 2016, at the 2015 MTV VMAs, Kanye West presented the video for the song "Fade" from the new album "The Life of Pablo". The video featured the singer Teyana Taylor, who sang twerk in gym in some sports bras and thongs. The audience greeted the video enthusiastically.
Already becoming famous musician, Kanye West realized in a different industry. He created his own collection of clothes "Pastelle", on which he worked for 4 years. But due to the start of cooperation with Nike to create designer Air Yeezy sneakers, Kanye closed his clothing line. West also collaborated with Italian shoe designer Giuseppe Zanotti and Japanese brand BAPE.
Later, the rapper returned to creating women's outfits and showed the first collection at the Paris Fashion Week in 2011. A year later, he presented new version clothes, but major success West fashion designer is still associated with shoes. After Nike, he collaborates with Adidas and releases Yeezy Boost sneakers and Yeezy 950 Boot boots.
Personal life
In his youth, Kanye West met with designer Alexis Phifer and even got engaged to her, but a year and a half after the engagement, the young people announced their breakup.
Then the rapper had a two-year affair with a model.
And in 2012, West began a relationship with a reality TV star and model, whom he had known for five years. A year later, at a party on the occasion of Kim's 33rd birthday, the musician proposed to her. This happened in a solemn atmosphere at the stadium "AT & T-Park" in San Francisco, and all the family members and friends of Kanye and Kim became witnesses of the declaration of love.
The wedding took place in Italian Florence in May 2014, and during the time between the engagement and the wedding, West managed to become a father: Kardashian gave birth to his daughter North, who is called Nori in the family. At the end of 2015, the rapper again experienced the joy of fatherhood - he and Kim Saint.
In January 2018, Kanye and his wife became parents again. The couple now has three children. Surrogate mother gave birth to a daughter named Chicago.
What family is for him more important than a career, fame and money, he demonstrated in October 2016. When Kanye West's wife was attacked by robbers and taken hostage, the rapper canceled the concert, which was just in full swing, and hurried to the woman he loved. The attackers took jewelry worth several million dollars from the Kardashians. No one was hurt during the robbery. Kim was in a state of shock, but nothing happened.
In 2007, grief happened in the family of Kanye West: the beloved mother of the singer Donda West died. The day before she passed away, she underwent liposuction and breast reduction surgery. This led to cardiac arrest. When the woman went to the doctor André Abolian, he demanded that she check her health. Donda did not do this and went to another plastic surgeon, Jan Adams, who performed the operation without the necessary preliminary examination. Adams later had his medical license revoked.
The first performance that West held after the death of his mother, the musician dedicated to Donda. He sang the song "Hey Mama" in honor of the parent. During the performance, the musician burst into tears right on stage. Later, he admitted in an interview that he blames himself for the death of his mother. Kanye stated that if he had not moved to Los Angeles, then she would be alive.
In 2009, the Governor of California signed into law a law that would allow patients about to commit plastic surgery must undergo a medical examination.
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Is Kanye West. This man has already released six albums in his career. For his extraordinary work, this comrade was repeatedly awarded the Grammy Award. To date, over 15 million copies of his records have been sold worldwide.
Biography future star The rap scene began in 1977 on June 8th. It was on this day that a child was born in the family of a photojournalist and an English teacher, who was named Keni. Three years have passed since his birth and his parents separated. Future life Vesta is entirely connected with his mother, who tried to grow a real person out of him. As Kanye will later say, it was thanks to her that I was able to reach the heights where I am to this day.
After the divorce, Kanye moved from Atlanta to Chicago with his mother. It is here that he finishes school and enters the university. But, the young man did not study, but the music dragged him more and more. The first attempts at writing music and songs belong to school years. At the same time, Keni West was fond of computer games and tried to create something myself. Working on his next "masterpiece", he wrote a musical track, which became the beginning of his musical career.
In the early stages of his career, he worked closely with Common, since the mothers of both boys were good friends. After dropping out of university, Kanye West moves to New York with the proceeds from the sale of his chain. This is where his real rise to fame begins.
1998 producing the song "Turn It Out" for Jermain Dupri. In addition, the young producer is working on many more projects that are not distinguished by their scale. And finally, in 2000, he was noticed by Damon Dash and Sean Carter, who provide an opportunity to show themselves in Jay-Z's Blueprint album. Kanye is working on songs like "Heart Of The City", "Never Change", and "Takeover". It was they who made it possible to reveal the talent of a novice producer and brought success to the Jay-Z album.
After some time, Keni West begins to try his hand at a solo career as a singer. At first no one believed it. Many at the same time thought what happened to him " star fever". However, West dissuaded everyone from this when he appeared on the song "Bounce" from the next Jay-Z album.
Along with its singing activity, producer and performer continues to produce for such stars as Scarface, Trina and others.
About my own album the singer did not think much until he got into a car accident. After escaping with a few fractures, he seriously thought about his life and became more believing in God. Based on his experiences, he wrote material, which in the future turned into a solo album, called "College Dropout". The album was released in 2004. It went straight to the top of the US charts and also received positive critical acclaim from numerous music publishers. In the US, it went platinum four times.
In the rays of his glory, Kanye West becomes a producer for such artists as Deep, Slum Village, Jadakiss, Jin, Talib Kweli, D-12, Cam'ron, Shyne and others.
2005 was a new stage for West in his singing career. Another creation called "Late Registration" is born. This album reached a million copies in just a week. For many, Kenya West's first album was the limit. But, the singer does not stop there and on the new album we already hear wind and string orchestral instruments.
2007 - a new album "Graduation" is released, which is characterized by great lyricism. It is followed by two albums "808s & Heartbreak" - 2008 and "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" - 2010. Both albums were distinguished by the quality of the recording and the professionalism of the production.
In 2009, among other things, our friend made a splash at the MTV Video Music Awards. After the winner in the nomination for the best female video Taylor Swift went up to the audience and wanted to say a few words, Kanye ran out onto the stage, snatched the microphone from the girl and told everyone that Beyonce should have won the nomination, and that she was the true star. Then he handed over the microphone and left. Taylor couldn't find anything else to say. However, universal sympathy, of course, was on her side. Streams of condemnation poured out on the rapper, even loyal fans boycotted his concerts. Then an apology followed, in order to earn forgiveness, he even wrote a song for her. Was all this action a spontaneous improvisation, or a pre-rehearsed director's idea, we do not know, but the fact that both main persons eventually got good PR on this is a fact.
At the beginning of 2011, our hero, in a duet with Katy Perry, sang the song “E.T.”, for which an interesting and successful video was shot. In August, he released a collaboration album with Jay-Z, Watch the Throne. This record set a digital sales record. In the first week after the release, 290 thousand downloads were recorded. The story continues.
Discography of Kanye West:
Watch the Throne (2011) (with Jay-Z)
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
808s & Heartbreak (2008)
graduation (2007)
Late Registration (2005)
The College Dropout (2004)
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