Kanye West
Kanye Omari West Born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. American rapper, producer and designer.
His parents divorced when he was three, after which 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 C. West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University and dean of the English department at Chicago State University. She later ended her career to become her son's manager.
Kanye West lived in a middle-class family and attended Polaris High School in Oak Lawn, a suburb of Chicago. When asked by reporters about his grades at school, West replied that he studied "for fours and fives."
At the age of ten, West moved with her mother to the city of Nanjing in China, where they lived while she worked at Nanjing University on an exchange program. According to her, West was the only foreign student in his class, but he quickly joined the team, having learned Chinese which he, however, forgot shortly after they returned to the US.
WITH early years West showed interest in creativity. At the age of five, returning from vacation, he wrote a poem. According to his mother, when he was in the third grade, she began to notice his interest in drawing and music.
West himself claims that he wanted to develop computer games. His mother gave him an Amiga computer that had a program for creating music. According to him, he learned to work with her to create music for games.
While living in Chicago, West was active in the city's hip hop community. In the third grade, he began to rap, and in the seventh grade, he began to create instrumentals, which he later began to sell to other musicians.
At the age of thirteen, West wrote the song "Green Eggs and Ham" and began to persuade his mother to pay $ 25 an hour for recording at the studio. The studio was far from perfect: the microphone in it hung from the ceiling on a hanger. Despite this, West was pleased and very eager to record at this studio. Seeing this, his mother could not refuse him.
West soon met producer No I.D., with whom he quickly became friends. No I.D. became West's mentor and taught him how to work with a sampler, which West was given as a gift at the age of fifteen.
After graduating from high school, in 1997 he received a scholarship to study at the American Academy of Arts, where he studied drawing. However, he soon moved to Chicago State University, where he began to study English.
At the age of 20, realizing that his busy study schedule prevented him from making music, he dropped out. This greatly upset his mother, who worked at this university. She would later say, "I've been taught all my life that college is the ticket to the good life... But some careers don't require college. Kanye needed to have the willpower to create the College Dropout album, and not follow the path suggested by society."
Kanye West began his musical career in the mid-1990s creating instrumentals for local musicians. Ultimately, he formed his own musical style, the basis for which was the accelerated samples of soul compositions.
West's first official mention is on Chicago rapper Grav's debut and only album, Down to Earth, in 1996, for which West produced eight tracks and sang the verse himself on "Line For Line".
For some time, West was the secret producer of the American producer, manager and rapper D-Dot. While working with D-Dot, West could not pursue a solo career, so in the late 1990s he formed a group Go Getters, which in addition to him included other representatives of the Chicago rap scene and part-time his friends. The group recorded several songs, performed on the radio and took part in a photo shoot. In 1999, the Go-Getters recorded their the only album, World Record Holders, which, however, was not officially released.
West spent the late 1990s producing albums for famous musicians and bands. He produced "My Life" on Foxy Brown's second album, Chyna Doll, released in 1999. Chyna Doll became the first album by a female rapper to debut at number one on the Billboard 200.
West rose to prominence as a producer after working on Jay-Z's The Blueprint. Music critics noted West's production, while Jay-Z himself called West a "genius".
Despite his success, Kanye West wanted more: he dreamed of becoming a rapper. Although many considered him a talented producer, no one considered him a rapper.
On October 23, 2002, Kanye West was in a serious car accident. driving home from a recording studio in Los Angeles, falling asleep at the wheel. As a result of the accident, his jaw was crushed and a wire splint had to be placed on it. This inspired West to write the composition "Through the Wire"(lit. through the tire), which he recorded two weeks after leaving the hospital, still with a broken jaw.
"Through the Wire", in which West spoke of his difficulties after the accident, became the basis of his debut album. "Through the Wire" was first released by West as part of the Get Well Soon... mixtape in 2003.
The College Dropout was released by Roc-A-Fella Records in February 2004. The album debuted at number two on the Billboard 200, selling nearly half a million copies in its first week. Debut single from the album, "Through the Wire", peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for five weeks.
The College Dropout was followed by 2005's Late Registration, 2007's Graduation, 2008's 808s & Heartbreak, 2010's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, 2011's Watch the Throne with Jay-Z, 2013's Yeezus, and The Life of Pablo 2016.
During his career, West has tried many different musical styles and genres. When asked who influenced him early work, West named artists such as A Tribe Called Quest, Stevie Wonder, George Michael, LL Cool J, Phil Collins and . He also called Puff Daddy "the most important cultural figure" in his life, and - "one of the most important sources of inspiration."
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He has worked as a designer with Nike and Louis Vuitton, and in 2013 he launched the YEEZY clothing line with Adidas. He also founded the label GOOD Music and the creative agency DONDA.
Kanye West has received critical acclaim and has been repeatedly named one of the the greatest artists XXI century.
He became one of the best-selling artists, the total sales of his albums and singles in digital format and on physical media exceeded 121 million copies. West has won 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most nominated hip-hop musicians and artists of his age.
His albums have been included in various lists best albums, including in the magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time Rolling stone.
He has been featured several times in various Forbes magazine lists and twice in Time magazine's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
In September 2018, he announced a name change. He chose a new name for himself - YE.
Kanye West Height: 177 centimeters.
Personal life of Kanye West:
Since 2002, he met with designer Alexis Phifer. In August 2006, the couple got engaged, but after 18 months they broke up.
Since 2012, he began a relationship with a reality show star and model. Prior to that, they had known each other for more than five years.
On October 31, 2013, on Kim's 33rd birthday, Kanye West proposed to her at AT&T Park in San Francisco in front of family and family friends.
On June 15, 2013, the couple had a daughter, North ("Nori"). On December 5, 2015, their son Saint was born.
Kanye West's scandals and legal troubles
In December 2006, American stunt performer Robert "Evel" Knievel sued Kanye West for copyright infringement. In the video for the song "Touch the Sky", West, dressed as Evel Kanyevel, is trying to fly over a canyon in a rocket. According to Knievel, his name and likeness were used in the video, which are trademarks. Knievel also noted that the video's "vulgar and offensive" imagery tarnished his reputation. West's lawyers argued that the video is satire and is therefore permitted by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. In November 2007, a few days before his death, Knievel announced that he no longer had any claims against West after he personally visited him. Knievel also called West "an amazing young man and gentleman".
On September 11, 2008, Kanye West and his bodyguard and manager Don Crowley were arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after an altercation with the paparazzi, on charges of vandalism. According to the police, the cameras of the photographers were damaged during the altercation.
West and Crowley were later released on $20,000 bail. The Los Angeles District Court referred the case to the city court, which reclassified the crime as a misdemeanor and later issued a sentence - 50 hours public works. Also, the rapper was required to take courses in anger control. West was re-arrested on November 14, 2008 outside a hotel in the town of Gateshead in England because of a fight involving a photographer from Newcastle upon Tyne. According to police reports, the singer was later released "due to lack of evidence."
On July 19, 2013, while leaving Los Angeles International Airport, Kanye West was surrounded by paparazzi. One of the photographers, Daniel Ramos, asked "why can't we talk to you?" to which West replied, "I already told you not to talk to me, right? Do you want me to be in trouble? So that I rob you and then pay 250,000 dollars?
After these words, West ran up to the photographer and began to snatch the camera from his hands. The video, later posted online, shows that the struggle between West and the photographer lasted several seconds, after which female voice off-screen asks West to stop, he lets the photographer go and leaves.
Later, doctors were called to the photographer. It was announced that West could be charged with attempted robbery. In March 2014, West was convicted of battery, with probationary period at 2 years old. The rapper was also required to complete 24 sessions of an anger management course, complete 250 hours of mandatory community service, and pay damages to the photographer.
He is known for his outspoken statements at various award ceremonies, during his performances and on Twitter, for which he was both criticized and praised by the media, other artists, and two US presidents.
On September 2, 2005, West was invited to a charity concert in memory of the victims of Hurricane Katrina, during which he was supposed to address the citizens of the United States through television. However, being in live, he decided to move away from the prepared text: "I hate the way they represent us in terms of mass media. If it's a black family, they say, "they're robbing." If this is a white family, then they say: "they are looking for food." And you know, it's been five days now [and still no help] because most of the people there are black. Even if I complain about it now, it would be hypocrisy, I constantly turned away from the TV because it's hard to watch. I even went shopping before I sent a donation, so now I'm calling my manager to find out what the maximum amount I can send, imagining that I'm there with them and these are all my people. So anyone who wants to help and do something... Given the way America tries to help the poor, the black, the less prosperous, as slowly as possible. The Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already understand that a large number of people who could help here are at war... And they let them shoot at us!".
West further stated: "George Bush doesn't care about black people". Immediately after this phrase, the broadcast director switched the camera, but this did not prevent the quote from gaining nationwide fame and causing a mixed reaction in society.
Bush Jr. later called the episode the "disgusting moment" of his presidency.
In September 2013, West was criticized human rights organization Human Rights Foundation for speaking at the wedding of Aisultan Nazarbayev, the grandson of the President of Kazakhstan, in late August. The human rights situation in Kazakhstan is problematic, which is why a number of other musicians, including Sting, refused to perform there. According to Western tabloids, the rapper received $3 million for the performance.
In a November 2013 radio interview, West spoke about his take on why Barack Obama can't reform. "Let me tell you about Bush with oil money and Obama without money. People say Obama can't change anything. It's because he doesn't have the right contacts. Black people don't have the level of connections that Jews have. Blacks don't have the level of connections people have in the oil business."- said the rapper.
The Anti-Defamation League responded to the rapper: "This is classic anti-Semitism. An age-old story about all-powerful Jews who rule at all levels of government." The organization also demanded an apology from the rapper. In December, in an interview with a Chicago radio station, West called his statement "an ignorant compliment." "I don't know how you can be offended when they tell you that you have a lot of money," he said.
In February 2016, West tweeted about Bill Cosby's accusations of sexual harassment, stating that he considers him innocent. This caused a flurry of indignation among many, including a number of celebrities.
Kanye West discography:
2004 - The College Dropout
2005 - Late Registration
2007 - Graduation
2008 - 808s & Heartbreak
2010 - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
2011 - Watch the Throne (with Jay-Z)
2013- Yeezus
2016 - The Life of Pablo
Filmography of Kanye West:
2004 - Fade to Black - Cameo
2005 - Dave Chappelle's Block Party - Cameo
2005 - State Property 2 - Cameo
2007 - Handsome - Cameo
2008 - Sex Guru - Cameo
2009 - We Were Once a Fairytale - Cameo
2010-2012 - The Cleveland Show - Kenny West (voice)
2010 - Runaway - Griffin (short), also director and screenwriter
2012 - Cruel Summer - Ibrahim (short), also director, producer and screenwriter
2012-... - The Kardashian Family - Cameo
2013 - Anchorman 2: Hello Again - J.J. Jackson of MTV News - Cameo
2015 - I Am Cait - cameo
Bibliography of Kanye West:
2009 - Thank You and You're Welcome
2009 - Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations
2009 - Glow in the Dark
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. The further life of West 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 himself. 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 solo career 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 his singing activities, the producer and performer continues to produce for such stars as Scarface, Trina and others.
The singer did not think much about his own album 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 - coming out new album Graduation, which has a lot of 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 rose to the audience and wanted to say a few words, Kanye ran on 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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Kanye West is popular american singer, rapper, producer, songwriter and fashion designer. Critics have repeatedly called Kanye one of the greatest artists of the 21st 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 language. 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 he was given a scholarship to study at the faculty 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 are much more important 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 refusals 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 West's calling card. 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.
In 2013, the musician released a new album called "Yeezus", on 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 own collection 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. The surrogate mother gave birth to a daughter, who was named Chicago.
The fact that the family is more important to him than 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 requiring patients who are about to undergo plastic surgery to undergo a medical examination.
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Kanye West is a unique phenomenon not only in American but also in world culture, a talented musician, popular rapper, a successful businessman, brawler and misanthrope. His songs are performed by Beyoncé, Madonna, Janet Jackson and other world stars, and the powers that be consider it an honor to shake his hand and invite him to a family celebration. Kanye is married to one of the most beautiful and sexy women on the planet and even talks about plans to take the presidency.Childhood and youth
Kanye Omari West was born into an intelligent African-American family from Atlanta. The head of the family, Ray West, worked as a photojournalist in a local newspaper, his mother, Donda West, a professor of philology, taught English.When the boy was three years old, his parents divorced, and his mother moved with her son to Chicago. There she got a job as dean of a local university, and six years later she was sent to China on an exchange program. A ten-year-old boy had to urgently learn Chinese, as he was the only foreigner in the class. To Kanye's credit, he did an excellent job with this difficult task and after a few months he was already fluently communicating with his peers and teachers.
It is worth noting that the future rapper from early childhood was distinguished by outstanding abilities, had an excellent memory and advanced thinking. At the age of five, he composed his first poem, in the third grade he became interested in music and painting. Then he began to rap and become interested in the life of the local hip-hop community.
When Kanye got his first computer, he was on fire creating his own musical compositions. At the age of thirteen, the teenager recorded his first track "Green Eggs and Ham" in a semi-professional studio, which was the first step towards his stellar career. But world recognition was still too far away, and the young man diligently mastered school knowledge, preparing to continue his education at the university.
After graduating from Polaris High School without triples, Kanye entered the philological faculty of the University of Chicago. But soon the young man realized that music attracted him more than English linguistics, and he abandoned his studies, despite the stormy protests of his mother.
Musical career
At first, the musician focused on writing compositions for other artists, later he took up producing. Beyoncé, Talib Kweli, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and many others performed with his songs. popular artists. Over time, thoughts about his own solo career began to come to his mind more and more often, especially since there was plenty of musical material. 
Paradoxically, the successful composer and producer was not perceived as a rap artist for a very long time, although he repeatedly made attempts to record a solo album. The main reason was his intellectual background, a good education and education received in a professorial family. Usually, rappers were people from poor criminal areas who, in their own skin, experienced difficulties and hardships, which they then decided to tell the world about. In the case of Kanye, the producers feared that his work would be insincere and not touch the heart of the audience.
Everything was changed by a tragic incident, which nearly cost the musician his life. In 2003, West was in a car accident in which he seriously injured his jaw. They put a special splint on his face, with which the musician spent two weeks in the hospital. This incident inspired Kanye to write the song "Through the Wire", which became the foundation of his debut album "The College Dropout".
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The collection immediately took second place on the Billboard 200 and sold half a million copies in a week. The ice broke, and from that moment on, all subsequent Kanye albums became absolute hits and sales leaders, and his original experiments and unexpected mixes of styles and genres were highly appreciated by authoritative music critics.
West was inspired by the work of Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and other legends of world music and was very flattered when he was recognized as one of the greatest artists of the 21st century. He became the record holder for the number of Grammy awards received, was among the best-selling musicians, and his albums were included in the gold list of all time according to Rolling Stone magazine. Kanye has been ranked among the richest and most famous by Forbes several times and has twice been named one of the 100 most influential people on the planet.
Apart from musical activity Kanye is well known as a fashion designer. He collaborated with such global brands as Nike, Louis Vuitton and Adidas, and since 2012 he has been producing clothes and shoes under his own brand YEEZY. West is also the owner of the creative agency DONDA, named after his now deceased mother, and record company GOOD Music.
Kanye allocates huge sums to charity, founded his own fund to combat illiteracy, often helps people affected by wars, epidemics and natural disasters.
Personal life of Kanye West
Kanye has a weakness for spectacular sexy women and from his youth chose his girlfriends with a model appearance. In 2002 he started dating fashion designer Alexis Phifer and was even going to take her to the altar. But it never came to a wedding, and after a year and a half, the lovers broke up. 
From 2008 to 2010, West was in a relationship with model Amber Rose, and in 2012 he began to appear in public with Kim Kardashian, socialite and the star of a popular reality show. Before that, they had known each other for about five years, but kept their distance and did not show tender feelings for each other. Less than a year later, Kanye proposed to Kim, kneeling in front of her in the presence of relatives and close family friends. Four months before this significant event, the couple had baby Nori (born in 2013), and in May 2014, the lovers played a romantic wedding in Florence.
At the end of 2015, the couple became parents again - their baby Saint was born. In January 2018, the surrogate mother gave birth to Kanye and Kim another daughter, who was named Chi (Chicago), and in 2019 the couple is expecting another baby, which is already being carried by another surrogate mother.
It seems that peace and tranquility have finally reigned in the family, and in fact, more recently, the spouses were on the verge of divorce. The catalyst was a robbery attack on Kim in Paris, after which she had the strongest breakdown. The oppressed state of the Kardashians is not in the best way affected the rest of the family, and the situation threatened to come to a standstill. Kanye got hooked on sedative pills and even ended up in the hospital when things went too far. However, the couple managed to overcome the family crisis, which is fully illustrated by the touching footage from the birth of their daughter Chicago, published on Instagram.
Kanye West now
A lot is associated with the name of the rapper high-profile scandals that are related to both professional activity, and with the habit of openly expressing one's opinion, which often contradicts the usual postulates and shocks the public.In January 2019, West again shocked the American public by announcing that he was going to run for President of the United States in 2024.
When Kanye West was three years old, his parents divorced and Kanye left with his mother in Chicago. As a child, he was no different from other boys: he played basketball, loved video games and studied at regular school. A little later, a passion for music appeared: Kanye wrote poetry and composed melodies on a synthesizer. He even thought about a career as a singer, but he understood the complexity of this work and the huge competition in the market, so he decided to get a more reliable profession and entered State University Chicago, where his mother taught philology.
And yet the music took over, and a year later Kanye left the university with a firm decision to conquer New York, and with it all of America. There was no one to ask for money for rented housing and a ticket, and Kanye, not without regret, pawned his gold chain - a favorite attribute of an aspiring hip-hoper.
Musician's Star Trek
In New York, Kanye had to fight for a place in the sun, but patience and talent did their job: Lil "Kim, Jay Z, Alisha Keys, Janet Jackson, Paul Wall became clients of the aspiring composer. Jay Z was especially pleased with the cooperation: his sixth album Blueprint received a new sound thanks to the efforts of Kanye, and the lyrics turned out so well-aimed that the collection went double platinum Later, Kanye and Jay Z often worked together, recording duets, and became not just colleagues, but also good friends.
Kanye for a long time did not dare to step out of the shadow of his patrons and start speaking on his own behalf. A case came to the rescue. In the fall of 2002, West was in a car accident while returning home from a recording studio. He suffered a broken jaw and miraculously survived, and his outlook on life has changed. He put all his experiences into several singles, which he dedicated to God and his incredible salvation. It was pointless to give them to another singer, because they told the personal story of Kanye himself, and he released his debut disc The College Dropout. The album was certified platinum three times.
The accident revealed another side of Kanye - he became a philanthropist. In 2003, West founded the Kanye West Foundation in Chicago and actively organized concerts, the proceeds of which were used to educate low-income Hispanic and African American children. The musician also took part in the actions of the World Water Fund and supported the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
2005 was one of the most successful years in the artist's career: his album Late Registration sold 860,000 copies a week after the launch. For this disc, the musician received as many as three Grammy awards.
But the MTV EMA award for the best video Kanye failed to receive that year, which extremely upset the artist. During a performance by award-winning band Justice vs Simian, West criticized the organizers of the event, accusing them of bias. This case was one of many events confirming the fact that the rapper has an explosive nature. In addition to making unflattering remarks about other artists (for example, after his death he said that he loved this musician, “but times have changed”), he was involved in a sex scandal when Kanye’s sex video got into the network in 2002, and in 2008, the singer broke the paparazzi camera, for which he was forced to pay a fine.
The success of the second album relieved Kanye of the fear of solo work, and discs began to appear one after another. Graduation was released in 2007, 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released in 2010. Three years later, Yeezus appeared on sale. All the artist's works were met in the US and around the world with incredible support from fans.
Kanye West's personal life
Kanye West's personal life is no less a turbulent story for discussion. Brooke Creetendon became his first official girlfriend, the couple broke up in 2006, after two years of romance. Kanye seemed to the girl too windy and insecure. Then came designer Alexis Phifer. Kanye was engaged, but the matter never came to the altar: after 18 months, the bride left her boyfriend. This parting was painful for West and dedicated several songs of the album 808s & Heartbreak to him.
From 2008 to 2010, Kanye enjoyed the company of model Amber Rose.
But Kanye's romance with has become legendary. The stars met back in 2004 through mutual friends, but at that moment they did not see anything special in each other. After 8 years of friendship, they still began to meet.
In June 2013, the Kardashians and West had a daughter, North, and a year later they played a luxurious wedding in Florence. In December 2015, the couple had a son, Saint. The couple wanted to have a third child, but health problems prevented Kim from getting pregnant. In January 2018, a surrogate mother gave birth to star couple a girl named Chicago.
