Kanye Omari West

Kanye West is a 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 harsh 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. She later became the head of the philology department at the University of Chicago, and when Kanye needed a personal manager, the woman took over these responsibilities.

The boy was three years old when Ray and Donda divorced. Kanye stayed with his mom and moved to Chicago with her. He attended Polaris High School and did very well. A rating below "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 a gaming computer "Amiga", in which there was a program for creating simple melodies. West plunged into this interesting occupation. A little later, the teenager begins to rap and participate in the city's hip-hop movement. At 13, Kanye writes tunes that are 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 of Fine Arts, 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 college to focus on a musical career. Mom-professor was shocked, but the further success of her son allowed her to look at things differently. The woman later said that she realized that in some professions, talent, willpower, and determination play a much greater role than education.

During his school and student days, Kanye West wrote music for other artists, including Beyoncé and Janet Jackson, Michael Jackson's younger sister. But later he began his own path in show business. Unfortunately, at first, Kanye received rejections from the recording studios. They were happy to buy the author's samples, but did not want to hear about the rapper, who grew up in an intelligent family, and not among young gangsters.

Rap music implies the story of 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 shattered 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, records the composition in the studio. Thanks to the catastrophe, 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 from the second line of "Billboard". 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. It was an innovation that West's colleagues began to copy, and he immediately sat down to come up with another genre so as not to repeat himself.

The second LP, Late Registration, earned Kanye a Grammy, and West's admirers of Gold Digger, Heard 'Em Say and Drive Slow. Thus, the singer, who was denied by the recording studio, became one of the most successful rappers in the world.

Subsequently, Kanye West more than once presented world-class hits to fans. Hip-hop "Stronger", minimalist synth-pop "Love Lockdown" and rap "Heartless" are worth mentioning. The last one is considered one of the best selling singles in the world.

In 2011, the performer, together with rapper Jay-Z, released the album "Watch the Throne". The composition "Ni ** as In Paris" became the most successful single in the collection. At the concerts, the audience several times called the musicians to sing an encore. While performing in Paris in 2012, the musicians performed "Ni ** as In Paris" 11 times.

In 2013, the musician's new album, "Yeezus", was released, 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". Actors Seth Rogen and James Franco made a funny video parody. Later on The Graham Norton Show, Rogen admitted that Kanye West appreciated his and James' joke. The artist also added that it took the performer 3 hours to shoot the video, and he and Franco spent 3 days on their version. On the same album, Kanye presented the song "Black Skinhead", which he dedicated to black people.

In 2016, at the 2015 MTV VMA Awards, Kanye West presented the video for the song "Fade" from the new album "The Life of Pablo". In the video, singer Teiyana Taylor appeared, who performed twerk in the gym in some sports bras and thongs. The audience greeted the video with enthusiasm.

Having already become a famous musician, Kanye West has realized himself in a different industry. He created his own clothing collection "Pastelle", on which he worked for 4 years. But due to the beginning of cooperation with Nike on the creation of the Air Yeezy designer 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 his first collection at Paris Fashion Week in 2011. A year later, he presented a new version of clothing, but West's main success as a fashion designer is still associated with shoes. After Nike, he collaborated with Adidas to launch the Yeezy Boost sneakers and the Yeezy 950 Boot boots.

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 separation.

Then the rapper had a two-year affair with model Amber Rose.

And in 2012, West began a relationship with reality TV star and model Kim Kardashian, whom he had known for five years. A year later, at a party to mark Kim's 33rd birthday, the musician proposed to her. It happened in a festive atmosphere at the AT & T-Park stadium in San Francisco, and all family members and friends of Kanye and Kim witnessed the declaration of love.

The wedding took place in Florence, Italy 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, whose family name is Nori. At the end of 2015, the rapper again knew the joy of fatherhood - he and Kim had a son, Saint.

In January 2018, Kanye and his wife became parents again. Now the couple has three children. The surrogate mother gave birth to a daughter who was named Chicago.

The fact that 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 in full swing, and rushed to his beloved woman. Attackers took away jewelry worth several million dollars from the Kardashians. Nobody was hurt during the robbery. Kim was in shock, but nothing happened.

In 2007, a grief happened in the family of Kanye West: the beloved mother of the singer Donda West died. The day before her death, she underwent liposuction and breast reduction surgery. This led to cardiac arrest. When the woman went to the doctor Andre Abolian, he demanded that she check her health. Donda did not do this and went to another plastic surgeon, Jen Adams, who performed the operation without the necessary preliminary examination. Later, Adams's medical license was revoked.

The musician dedicated the first performance, which West had after the death of his mother, to Donda. He sang the song "Hey Mama" in honor of the parent. During the performance, the musician burst into tears right on the stage. He later admitted in an interview that he blames himself for his mother's death. Kanye stated that if he hadn't moved to Los Angeles, she would have been alive.

In 2009, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a law requiring patients to undergo plastic surgery to undergo a medical examination.

Thousands of fans are watching the life and creative biography of Kanye West on Instagram. At one time, the rapper deleted the account in the microblog. He did the same with Twitter. But in February 2018 he returned again and posted 55 photos on Instagram at once on Valentine's Day. At the same time, the musician began to share notes with readers on Twitter.

In May 2018, information appeared in the press that the Kardashian West family was going through difficult times, and Kim was even thinking about a divorce. An insider said that the rapper's wife is unhappy with the psychological state of her husband. The fact is that in 2016 West underwent a cosmetic procedure and as a result became addicted to pain relievers. It even came to rehabilitation at the hospital.

In April 2018, Kanye West hinted on Twitter that he was going to run for president in 2024. The singer has attached posters to the recording with his photograph and the slogan: "Let's keep America great." Thus, West made a reference to the slogan of the current leader of the country, Donald Trump. During the election, Kanye supported Trump's candidacy and, after winning, met with the new head to discuss the politics of multiculturalism in the United States.

Kim Kardashian is not pleased with the posts of the spouse in favor of the president. It is known that the socialite herself cast a vote for Hillary Clinton.

In May 2018, the rapper drew a flurry of criticism when he called slavery in North America "a conscious choice of blacks." West later stated that his words were misinterpreted. The singer meant that African Americans live with a non-free thinking, and he himself calls for free thought.

2004 - "The College Dropout" 2005 - "Late Registration" 20017 - "Graduation" 2008 - "808s & Heartbreak" 2010 - "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" 2011 - "Watch the Throne" (with Jay-Z) 2013 - "Yeezus" 2016 - "The Life of Pablo"

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