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Chicago, IL, United States

Kanye Omari West (born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia) is a Grammy award winning rapper, producer, author, designer and singer.

He began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in Chicago, IL, United States when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe. He later gained nationwide popularity in New York when he began producing tracks for artists such as Jay-Z, Twista, Mase, Talib Kweli and Alicia Keys.

In 2004 (after being pushed aside by many record companies who felt he wasn’t a marketable hip hop artist), he managed to release his debut solo album, The College Dropout on Roc-a-Fella Records. The album received critical acclaim, defining the style for which West would become known: “wordplay” and heavy sampling of 70s and tracks. He is also known for his politically-charged rhymes and controversial behavior both inside and outside the realms of music.

He has since released four more albums, all of which have received numerous awards, high commercial success and critical acclaim. Late Registration (2005); Graduation (2007); 808s & Heartbreak (2008); and his current album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010).

Personal life:
West was born in Atlanta, Georgia. When he was three years old (as mentioned in Hey Mama) his parents divorced, and he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.
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    AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

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  • casseus91

    James Franco, Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Craig Robinson! These heavy hitters all in one movie! It gets better……they have a soundtrack to the movie “This is the End” ----------> http://smarturl.it/PreOrderTHISISTHEEND

    11 hours ago Reply

  • Sameh93

    Black Skinhead is the greatest thing I have ever heard what is going on is this real life

    12 hours ago Reply

  • HumbleGold

    are all you pleb kanye fans gonna start jockin manson now like you did with crimson lol

    12 hours ago Reply

  • HumbleGold

    @Blvd_Nights: tbh it sounds like B L A C K I E rapping over Lil B's Connected In Jail

    12 hours ago Reply

  • nostalgia-rush

    i can't wait for my debut hardcore album "white skinhead" i'm sure it will come off as really edgy and hip and pitchfork will rate it highly

    Yesterday 1:19am Reply

  • Blvd_Nights

    Black Skinhead is the most aggressive and harsh thing I think Kanye has done musically and vocally. A lot of people have been comparing it to Death Grips in a way in the fact that the group is incredibly intense when it comes to their music, Kanye has always been incredibly intense in the studio and as a performer...but my god, Black Skinhead is on a whole different level for him. It's already got my vote so far for favorite song of the year, now I can't wait to hear a studio version...and to hear this album in full.

    Yesterday 7:08pm Reply

  • The_Yeezus

    my nickname was cool way before it was cool... yeah

    Yesterday 6:27pm Reply

  • blknight84

    new slaves sounds like clique

    Yesterday 6:01pm Reply

  • theplasticmind

    I need Black Skinhead in CDQ

    Yesterday 5:59pm Reply

  • JML897

    Black Skinhead is incredible

    Yesterday 5:41pm Reply

  • XHeartXFingers

    THAT SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND IS GETTING ME SO FUCKING PUMPED I'M GONNA GO BURN DOWN A LIBRARY

    Yesterday 4:57pm Reply

  • GrandInquizitor

    Man, Black Skinhead is fucking dope as hell, killer track. Ye's more angry than ever.

    Yesterday 4:02pm Reply

  • kidkushi

    Man, quit uploading random pictures for album art, the actual one came out last night.

    Yesterday 3:52pm Reply

  • VCR-64

    YEEZUS!

    Yesterday 2:58pm Reply

  • ya_maximov

    if you wanna see YEEZUS alive in his birthday — im selling two 3 day tickets to Governors Ball 2013 ( http://governorsballmusicfestival.com/ )

    Yesterday 1:09pm Reply

  • sicksixsuck

    ALL HAIL YEEZUS

    Yesterday 12:32pm Reply

  • overload007

    YEEZUS Coming

    Yesterday 11:04am Reply

  • MillionaireBuck

    all you blacks want all the same thing.

    Yesterday 9:26am Reply

  • Oceans-a-blis

    Watch Kanye perform two new singles Black Skinhead and New Slave on SNL http://tmblr.co/ZircDulJvqj-

    Yesterday 9:12am Reply
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