Kanye West Biography // Rappers @ CKHID

Kanye West seems to live for controversy! This hip hop artist has been involved in more drama than anyone else I can think of! I have not figured out if drama just follows him, or if he creates drama to stay in the headlines! Folks either love Kanye West or they hate him, there is no middle ground, he’s just one of those dudes.

Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia. His parents divorced when he was just three years old. After the divorce, he moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother, Dr. Donda West-a college professor. Kanye was a good student in high school, making A’s and B’s.

After high school, Kanye West attended college, but soon dropped out to concentrate on his music game. Kanye West has produced songs for The Game, Foxy Brown, Jermaine Dupri, John Legend, Janet Jackson, Alicia Keys and Jay Z… to name a few! That is quite an impressive list of hip hop royalty right there! He also produced songs for Roc-A-Fella Record artists. Producing hit records for artists like Common, Mos Def, T.I., DMX and Luda was not enough for Kanye West; he wanted to become a solo artist…he wanted to rap.

It took a while for Kanye West to land a record deal, people thought of him as a music producer, not a hip hop artist. In 2004, Kanye West released his debut album, The College Dropout, on Roc-A-Fella Records. The song, “Through the Wire”, was Kanye West’s first single. The song was inspired by a near fatal car accident the hip hop artist was involved in in 2002. Other songs on the album include “All Falls Down”, “Jesus Walks” and “Slow Jamz”. The College Dropout won a Grammy in 2005 for Best Rap Album.

Kanye West has gone on to release four more albums. He has won many awards, including Grammy’s, BET Awards, AMA’s and Vibe Awards. He has also not won awards, awards he strongly felt he should have. He has been very vocal about not winning certain awards. Most recently, it appears the hip hop artist is trying to clean up his tarnished image; only time will tell if he too, is tired of the drama.

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