The life of Kanye West was one of hardship during his childhood. The birth name of Kanye West was Kanye Omari West. This singer, record producer and rapper was born on 8th June in the year 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia. At the time when he was just 3 years old, his parents divorced and got separated. His mother, Donda West who was an English professor brought him up on Chicago's South Side. His father a great photographer and won many awards for his photography and later on became a church counselor. During his early childhood Kanye West stayed mostly with his father during the summers.
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Kanye West did his schooling from the Polaris High School and graduated from there. From the Chicago State University he finished his 1 year of art school. There he worked with some local artistes and after that in search of real work and creative inspiration, in the year 2001, he came to New York to make his career in music. West was hired by rapper Jay-Z to make the songs for The Blueprint, Jay-Z's album. The album was so successful that in the first week itself, about 420,000 copies of The Blueprint was sold. Celebrities such as rapper Ludacris and singer Beyonce are some of the people for whom Kanye West has worked and produced their songs. In the year 2002,
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Kanye West started recording in the studio after signing a deal with Roc-A-Fella Records, Jay-Z's label. One day while he was returning home from Los Angeles after a session, he fell asleep and met with an accident which fractured his jaw. With the fractured jaw he completed the recording of his debut album named The College Dropout and released it in the year 2004. About 2.6 million copies of the album were sold out. West also got the Best Rap Album Grammy award for this album. Some of his other albums that were released later were Late Registration in 2005 and Graduation in the year 2007.
Kanye West won many awards for his work. His hits namely "Diamonds from Sierra Leone", "Jesus Walks," and "Good Life" earned him 3 Best Rap Song Grammys. In 2005, he got the Best Rap Solo Performance award for his hit song "Gold Digger". Kanye West also won a Grammy for his work in Alicia Keys' sung song "You Don't Know My Name," West also won the Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group in the year 2007 after he collaborated with Common on "Southside".
On 10th of November, 2007 his mother died of cosmetic surgery complications after which Kanye West was emotionally disturbed. West's first performance after his mother's death "Hey Mama" was a tribute to his mother. Recovering from the tragedy, he started working and came out with another album in 2008 named 808s & Heartbreak. The album had several hits namely "Amazing" and "Heartless" that topped the charts. For his work in the same year, he won 2 Grammys. In the year 2009 and on the very same day he released 2 albums namely Good Morning Good Night: Dawn and Good Morning Good Night: Dusk. His songs are available in mp3 format and can be downloaded from various sites on the internet. Kanye West is also involved with several charitable activities.Make Hot Rap Beats Now
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