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Birth
Kanye Omari West was born on June 18th,1977 to Donda and Ray West in Atlanta, Georgia. -
Parent's divorce
When he was three, Kanye's parents had a divorce. This caused Kanye to move to Chicago with his mom, and could only see his father in the summer -
Kanye graduates
Kanye graduated from Polaris High School and received a scholarship to go to Chicago's American Academy of Art. He studied painting there before transerring to Chicago State University -
Go Getters
Kanye, along with GLC, Arrowstar, and Timmy G formed the group Go Getters. -
Roc-A-Fella Records
Kanye began to produce for Roc-A-Fella records in 2000. This allowed Kanye to produce for Beanie Sigel and Jay-Z -
Car Crash
On this date, Kanye got into a car accident when he fell asleep at the wheel. This caused his jaw to be wired shut, and two weeks after the accident, West recorded "Through the Wire" while he still had his jaw shut. This was one of, if not the first hit single Kanye ever released. -
Get Well Soon
Kanye released his "Get Well Soon" mixtape, his first mixtape. He also helped produce for Jay-Z,Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Twista -
College Dropout
On February 10, 2004, Kanye West released his first album "The College Dropout," which debuted at #1 on the Billboard top 200. The album was later nominated for album of the year at the Grammy's, Favorite rap/hip-hop album by the American Music Awards, and top R&B album by the Billboard Music Awards -
Late Registration
A year after releasing his "College Dropout" album, he released his sophomore album, "Late Registration," which featured such acts as Adam Levine, Jamie Foxx, Common, and many more. This album also had the infamous song, "Gold Digger", which went triple-platinum -
Graduation
After leaving his music career dormant for the past 2 years, Kanye dropped his "Graduation" album, the Same day 50 Cent released his album. Graduation completely annihilated 50 Cent's album in sales, with such features like Chris Martin and T-Pain, many people cite this day as the end of "gangster rap" -
808's and Heartbreaks
Kanye released his fourth studio album to mixed reactions. The album featured autotune-heavy hits, such as "Heartless" and "Love Lockdown", which was a change from his usual acoustic and melodic style fans were used to. -
First Nike Shoe
Kanye released the Nike Air Yeezy "Zen Grey" color way. This partnership lasted until 2014, where Kanye left Nike over creativity issues -
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye Released perhaps his most coveted album to this date, which featured such classics as "POWER", "All of the Lights"and "Monster". MBDTF was received amazingly well from critics and fans alike, and even won Best Album of the Year Award from the Grammy's -
Watch the Throne
Less than a year after he released MBDTF, Kanye released a collaborative album with Jay-Z titled "Watch the Throne". This album featured such bangers as "****** in Paris," "Otis," and "Gotta Have It" -
YEEZUS
On this day, Kanye released the very experimental "YEEZUS" album. This album is what many people consider the "new Kanye".This album was very different from all of his music at the time, being inspired by underground hip-hop, and trap music. It wasn't very well received by critics, and split fans. -
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West
Kanye and Kim Kardashian, famous makeup producer and social media influencer, married on this date. She later became the mother of his children North and Saint West. -
The Life of Pablo
Kanye released the album TLOP on this day, which had features from Rihanna, Designer, Young Thug, and many more. This album was also very different from his older songs, and it had a more produced, trap influenced sound -
Adidas partnership
Kanye started working with Adidas after he had problems with creativity with Nike. This gave birth to the ever so popular 350, which has had amazing sales, being one of adidas's most popular shoe ever. -
Kanye West endorses Donald Trump
Perhaps one of the most controversial acts Kanye has ever done, shortly after returning to Twitter, Kanye discussed how him and Donald Trump has a close bond, and how he would've voted for Trump had he voted. This gave him colossal backlash, and made many people unfollow West on twitter, and stop following the artist all together. Shortly after this event, Kanye released a single titled "Ye Vs. The People", which describes his counterpoints to criticisms aimed toward him.
