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Kanye Omari West was born the June 5th 1977 with Atlanta in Georgia with the the United States.

Kanye West is one of the most required producers of Hip hop of the moment. After having made its first weapons on the album of Jermaine Dupri Jermaine Dupri Present: Life in 1472 in 1998, the producer became the beatmaker artists of the label Rock-HAVE-Cracked (Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel). Thereafter, Kanye worked on the discs of Talib Kweli, DMX, Ludacris, Scarface, Monica, Alicia Keys or Janet Jackson. Beginning 2004, it leaves its first album: The College Dropout , and in 2005 leaves Late Registration . Whereas Jay-Z left him the keys of the clan Rock-HAVE-Cracked, the singer created his own label, G.O.O.D Music, and produced new artists. He collaborated with Talib Kweli, Jay-Z, Twista, or Jamie Foxx. Its last opus, is Graduation .

His/her father, Ray West, are a former member of the Black Panthers. The mother of Kanye, Donda, was English professor at the university of Chicago when Kanye was young.

Its new album, Graduation , left on September 10th, 2007 (to France) just like that rappor 50 hundred heading Curtis .

Biography

Kanye made its studies in International Academy off Art and Design and Technology, a school of art based with Chicago, and the Université of Chicago but gave up by twice and forever passed of examinations. It is as a producer that it starts to be made a name, in particular with the support of Xavier Harder, who is regarded as his mentor. He is in particular behind certain tubes of Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Brandy, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Ludacris and John Legend.

Kanye West was essential in the production of music Hip-hop following the success of the album The Blueprint of Jay-Z. On this album, Kanye produced four songs of which the Izzo (H.O.V.A.) .

An car accident which has occurred the October 23rd 2002 fractures its jaw at three places. This test opened the eyes to him as for the significance of the life for him. It is besides this inspiration which is at the base of its first individual Through the Wire . It recorded it six weeks after the accident whereas its mouth was still recousue using points.

Through the Wire , song which uses a Sample song of Chaka Khan entitled Through the Fire became the first beach of its first album solo: The College Dropout left in the vats at the beginning of year 2004. Named for ten Grammy Awards, it has some gains three. Its album was crowned disc of the year by The NewYork Times and Time Magazine , which already classified it among the “100 most influential personalities of planet”.

In August 2005, Kanye leaves its second album entitled Late Registration . The first two individual extracts of the album will be Diamonds From Sierra Leone (which sample Diamonds Are Forever of Shirley Bassey) and Gold Digger (on which Jamie Foxx appears). The album collected eight nominations with the Grammy Award, - for the Album of the Year, the Song of the Year for Gold Digger . Kanye already announced that its third and fourth albums will be respectively entitled Graduation and has Good Ass Job .

Kanye West collaborated with many artists, of which the rappor has Twista, the singer Brandy on Talk About Our Love , Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Mos Def, Ludacris, Dilated Peoples, Mariah Carey, Miri Ben-Ari and John Legend. Kanye West has too given a second breath with the career of rappeurs such Common and Twista.

Kanye enregistéré with London eleven of its songs with a symphony orchestra. The recording took place with the studios of Abbey Road.

In 2006, it appears in the documentary musical one of Michel Gondry: Dave Chappelle' S Block Party .

In 2007, it leaves graduation on September 11th and beats easily 50 hundred with 957.000 album sold in one week what is best the sale of album with the U.S.A since The massacres 50 hundred (1,14 million album sold in one week) in 2005.

The mother of Kanye, Donda West died on November 10th, 2007 at 58 years, following an operation of reduction mammaire and of a liposuccion. Following that it cancels its European round by maintaining only its date Parisian.

The November 17th 2007 with the Zenith of Paris, at the time to sing " Hey Mama" Kanye requires by twice of its musicians continuing to play the introduction of the piece. There remains blocked during more than 10 minutes and cries just before its staff does not come to comfort it on scene. It will not be able to sing this song and will let its chorus-singer pay homage to his mother.

A committed artist

“ George W. Bush fout of the Blacks ”. These words of Kanye at the time of the official reception of support for the victims of Katrina retransmis on line on television are known. It was an official reception of support of American television where artists of the country were brought together to collect money. Mike Myers started by reading on a prompter a text stressing the importance to remain interdependent in crisis period. When the turn of Kanye arrived, this one was unaware of the imposed text and started to comment on two images relayed by the media of the whole world during the day. “ Beside a photograph showing a white man, the arms charged with provisions, the legend says that it found food. Beside the same photograph showing a Black, the legend says that it has them flights . ” The control crossed at once and connected on a singer of country tuning its guitar.

Later, much fell from agreement to say that, since decades, the country had never been also close to racial riots .

When individual the Diamonds from Sierra Leone left, in May, the words referred to its disappointment to be set out again bredouille of American Music Awards, one of the musical large-masses in the United States. One month later left a remix the song, with radically different words. Kanye spoke this time about the hidden side commercial of diamonds, of the work conditions in the African mines, and was caught some with the culture bling-bling.

GOOD Music and Pastelle Clothing

GOOD Music is a Acronyme for Getting Out Our Dreams , the label founded by Kanye - on which John Legend is signed, like Common, GLC, Consequence, Really Doe, Keyshia Cole, the DJ A-Trak, SA-RA Creative Partners, Fonzworth Bentley and more recently: Tony Williams and Edward Enigma.

In September 2005, Kanye announced its intention to create its own line of clothing, called Pastelle Clothing for spring 2006.

The Dropout College

Moreover criticisms did not dry up praises at the exit of the album, it already judging like a great classic, one of the only current Album which one will still listen to in 10 years.

“Through The Wire”. Piece written after the car accident of Kanye West, which it grates “through the wire” which bend the face to him. It draws its inspiration in the drunk person, and sample “Through The Fire” of Chaka Khan.

“Jamz Slow fox trot”, with Twista, which pays homage to this drunk person. Kanye also enables us to hear collaboration between Jay-Z and Saul William, on “Never let me down”.

" All falls down " with Syleena Johnson depicts a world where the image and to appear it is king. This title remains a sure value of the album with very marked drunk person agreements.

Discography

Albums

Mixtapes

Can' T Such Me Nothing
Get Well Soon
I' m Good
Mick Boogie present the Essentials Collection
Kon the Louis Vuitton Gift
Akademiks: JeaniusLevelMusikKanyeWest vol. 1
Akademiks: JeaniusLevelMusikKanyeWest vol. 2
Freshmen Adjustment
Freshmen Adjustment 2
Summer School (roOts Compilation has)
Best off Kanye West
Tapemasters Inc Kanye West: We Major
The Lost Slaps
Second Semester
Clinton Sparks present Touch the Sky
The Gold Digging
Big Brother

Individual

2004 : " Through The Wire"
2004 : " All Falls Down" (ft. Syleena Johnson)
2004: " Jesus Walks" (exploited in the original soundtrack of Jarhead, the end of innocence )
2005: " The New Workout Plan"
2005 : " Diamonds From Sierra Leone "
2005 : " Gold Digger" (ft. Jamie Foxx)
2006: " Heard 'EM Say" (ft. Adam Levine, of Maroon 5)
2006: " Touch The Sky" (ft. Lupe Fiasco)
2006: " Drive Slow" (ft. Paul Wall and GLC)
2007: " Can' T Such Me Nothing "
2007 : " Stronger "
2007 : " Homecoming" (ft. Chris Martin)
2007: " Good Life" (ft. T-Bread)
2007: " Flashing Lights"

Featurings de Kanye with other artists

2004 : " Whole City Behind Us" of The Range (ft. Kanye West and Ludacris)

2004: " Selfish" of Slum Village (ft. Kanye West and John Legend)

2004: " My Baby" of Janet Jackson (ft. Kanye West)

2004: " This Way" of Dilated Peoples (ft. Kanye West)

2004: " Down And Out" of Cam' ron (ft. Kanye West and Syleena Johnson)

2004: " Jamz" slow fox trot; of Twista (ft. Kanye West and Jamie Foxx)

2004: " Talk Butt Our Love" of Brandy (ft. Kanye West)

2004: " Overnight Celebrity" of Twista (ft. Kanye West)

2004: " The Food" of Common (ft. Kanye West)

2004: " I Gotta Love" of Jin (ft. Kanye West)

2005: " Extravaganza" of Jamie Foxx (ft. Kanye West)

2005: " Dreams (Remix) " of The Range (ft. Kanye West)

2005: " Music" ace; of The Range (ft. Kanye West)

2006: " Brand New" of Rhymefest (ft. Kanye West)

2006: " Such Me When To Go (Remix) " of E-40 (ft. Kanye West and Ice Cube)

2006: " Number 1" of Pharrell Williams (ft. Kanye West)

2006: " More" of Rhymefest (ft. Kanye West)

2006: " Wouldn' T Get Far" of The Range (ft. Kanye West)

2006: " Still Dreaming" of Nas (ft. Kanye West)

2007: " I Still coils H.E.R." of Teriyaki Boyz (ft. Kanye West)
2007: " This Ain' T has Scene, It' S year Arms Race" Kanye West Remix (By Fall Out Boy)
2007: " Southside" of Common (ft. Kanye West)

2007: " Custom Placers" of C.R.S. (ft. Kanye West, Pharell Williams, Lupe Fiasco)

Vidéos

2006 : Late Orchestration - Live At Abbey Road
2006: Dave Chappelle' S Block Party

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