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Kanye West Birth
Kanye Omari West was born on June 8 1977 in Atlanta Georgia -
Kanye West Early life
Kanye west parents divorced when he was three and him and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. At the age of 10 West moved to Nanjing , china where his mother found a job as a teacher in a exchange program. West was the foreigner in his calssroom and pass with all A's and B's. And ny third grade he began Making musical compisitions in the seventh grade and by the time he was thirteen he was selling songs to artists like a song he made called Green Eggs and Ham. -
Early in career
In High school west Crossed path with producer/DJ No I.D. whom became west mentor.he produced his firts album 8 tracks for an debut album for an chicago rapper name Grav.West later formed a group called the Go-Getters in whichb they realeasd their first album called world record holders in 1999. but he later spent his time producing tracks for well known artist like Foxy brown and Nas. -
2001
In 2000 West started working for ROC-A-Fella artist like Jay Z which revitalizing his career byb helping him create The Blueprint.but his passion was more as a rapper but many people doubt it west failing to get an artist deal because everybody seen him just as a producer. in 2002 west was in a fatal car crash which left his mouth wired shut in which inspired to him to make his first mixtape "Get well soon" -
College dropout
Kanye West was able to make his firts studio album College Dropout in which it was number two on the Billboard 200 and his hit single "through the wire" was number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100 and his second hit Slow Jamz was an even bigger hit featuring Twister and Jamie Foxx which became number one on the billboard. and he was also voted for album of the year with another song Jesus walks which became one of the best debut albums ever and created his own record label GOOD Music. -
Late Registration
For his second album west invest in 2 million dollars to make a live album inspired by a 1998 live album by a English hip hop trio group Portishead. And so West collaborated with composer Jon Brion who was the the executive producer for several tracks. Late registration went on to sell 2.3 million copies in the United States alone. -
Graduation
spent his previuos year touring the world with U2 on their Vertigo tour. West wanted to make anthemic rap songs so he uesd slower tempos and experimented with electronic music in which was influced by the music in the 1980's inwhich west had insprations from the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin. West sold 957,000 copis in the first week and was number one on the U.S billboard 200 led by his hit song Stonger which was his third number one hit. -
808s and Heartbreak
80s and Heartbreaks is one of kanye west most emotional albums it shows themes of love, loneliness and heartache. his hit single Love Lockdown debuted number three on the billboard hot 100 while the album debuted number one on the Billboard 200 selling 450,145 copies in the first week. -
My Beautiful dark Twisted Fantasy
Album includes soul, baroque, electro and symphonic style. The album hit number one on the Billboard 200 and sold 1,032,000 in the US by 2013 and was also named the best record for 2010. -
Yeezus
The same year him and reality tv star Kim Kardashian had their daughter he dropped the album Yeezus in which he used varios of artists like cheif keef, Frank Ocean, Kid Cudi and others. The album debuted at number one on the billboard 200 selling 327,000 copies in the first week and top the charts in 30 other countries and was nominated in two categories including best rap album. -
Life of Pablo
Kanye West Life of Pablo album had caught alot of attention from his twiiter rants all the way from him changing the album name 3 times. in thats not the only thing wierd about this album is that its final version didnt even come out yet also you only can get on tidal which makes it harder to get.
