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For other uses, see. Kanye Omari West ; born June 8, 1977 is an American , , , , and. He is among the most critically acclaimed musicians of the 21st century and one of the. He has won a total of 21 , making him one of the and the most Grammy-awarded artist of his generation. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a , West released his debut album in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success, and founded the record label. He went on to pursue a variety of styles on subsequent albums, including the polarizing but influential 2008. He released the critically acclaimed album in 2010, and followed with projects such as his abrasive 2013 , the collaborative albums 2011 with Jay-Z and 2018 with , and production work for artists such as and. West's outspoken views and life outside of music have received significant mainstream attention. He has been a frequent source of controversy for his conduct at , on , and in other public settings, as well as his comments on the and industries, , and. As a fashion designer, he has collaborated with , , and on both clothing and footwear, and have most prominently resulted in the collaboration with beginning in 2013. He is the founder and head of the creative content company. His marriage to television personality has also been a source of substantial media attention. Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977, in. After his parents divorced when he was three years old he moved with his mother to. His father, Ray West, is a former and was one of the first black photojournalists at. Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in with startup capital from his son. Williams West, was a professor of English at , and the Chair of the English Department at before retiring to serve as his manager. West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban , after living in Chicago. At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to , China, where she was teaching at as part of an exchange program. According to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it. And I'm not even frontin'. His mother recalled that she first took notice of West's passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. West started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists. It was a small, crude basement studio where a microphone hung from the ceiling by a wire clothes hanger. Although this wasn't what West's mother wanted, she nonetheless supported him. He soon realized that his busy class schedule was detrimental to his musical work, and at 20 he dropped out of college to pursue his musical dreams. This action greatly displeased his mother, who was also a professor at the university. For Kanye to make an album called College Dropout it was more about having the guts to embrace who you are, rather than following the path society has carved out for you. His first official production credits came at the age of nineteen when he produced eight tracks on Down to Earth, the 1996 debut album of a Chicago rapper named Grav. For a time, West acted as a ghost producer for. Because of his association with D-Dot, West wasn't able to release a solo album, so he formed and became a member and producer of the Go-Getters, a late-1990s Chicago rap group composed of him, , Timmy G, , and Arrowstar. His group was managed by , Don Crowley, and Happy Lewis under the management firm Hustle Period. After attending a series of promotional and making some radio appearances, The Go-Getters released their first and only studio album World Record Holders in 1999. The album featured other Chicago-based rappers such as , Mikkey Halsted, Miss Criss, and Shayla G. West spent much of the late 1990s producing records for a number of well-known artists and music groups. The third song on 's second studio album was produced by West. Her second effort subsequently became the very first hip-hop album by a female rapper to debut at the top of the U. West produced three of the tracks on 's first and only album alongside and the production duo. His songs featured rappers , , and singer. At the close of the millennium, West ended up producing six songs for , an album that was released by D-Dot under the alias of The Madd Rapper; a fictional character he created for a on 's second and final studio album. West's songs featured guest appearances from rappers such as , , and. West received early acclaim for his production work on 's ; the two are pictured here in 2011. West got his big break in the year 2000, when he began to produce for artists on. West came to achieve recognition and is often credited with revitalizing Jay-Z's career with his contributions to the rap mogul's influential 2001 album. The Blueprint is consistently ranked among the greatest hip-hop albums, and the critical and financial success of the album generated substantial interest in West as a producer. Serving as an in-house producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, West produced records for other artists from the label, including , , and. He also crafted hit songs for , , and. Despite his success as a producer, West's true aspiration was to be a rapper. Though he had developed his rapping long before he began producing, it was often a challenge for West to be accepted as a rapper, and he struggled to attain a record deal. Multiple record companies ignored him because he did not portray the 'gangsta image' prominent in mainstream hip hop at the time. Desperate to keep West from defecting to another label, then-label head reluctantly signed West to Roc-A-Fella Records. Jay-Z later admitted that Roc-A-Fella was initially reluctant to support West as a rapper, claiming that many saw him as a producer first and foremost, and that his background contrasted with that of his labelmates. The crash left him with a shattered jaw, which had to be wired shut in reconstructive surgery. The crash broke both legs of the other driver. The accident inspired West; two weeks after being admitted to the hospital, he recorded a song at the with his jaw still wired shut. Don't let society tell you, 'This is what you have to do. West recorded the remainder of the album in Los Angeles while recovering from the car accident. Once he had completed the album, it was leaked months before its release date. However, West decided to use the opportunity to review the album, and The College Dropout was significantly remixed, remastered, and revised before being released. West meticulously refined the production, adding , , improved drum and new verses. West's perfectionism led The College Dropout to have its release postponed three times from its initial date in August 2003. The College Dropout received near-universal critical acclaim from contemporary music critics, was voted the top album of the year by two major music publications, and has consistently been ranked among the great hip-hop works and debut albums by artists. The song nevertheless reached the top 20 of the Billboard pop charts, despite industry executives' predictions that a song containing such blatant declarations of faith would never make it to radio. The College Dropout would eventually be certified in the US, and garnered West 10 Grammy nominations, including , and which it received. During this period, West also founded , a record label and management company that would go on to house affiliate artists and producers, such as and. At the time, the focal point of West's production style was the use of sped-up vocal samples from records. However, partly because of the acclaim of The College Dropout, such sampling had been much copied by others; with that overuse, and also because West felt he had become too dependent on the technique, he decided to find a new sound. During this time, he also produced singles for , , , and. Beginning his second effort that fall, West would invest two million dollars and take over a year to craft his second album. West was significantly inspired by , a 1998 live album by English group , produced with the. Early in his career, the live album had inspired him to incorporate into his hip-hop production. Though West had not been able to afford many live instruments around the time of his debut album, the money from his commercial success enabled him to hire a for his second album. West collaborated with American composer , who served as the album's co-executive producer for several tracks. Although Brion had no prior experience in creating hip-hop records, he and West found that they could productively work together after their first afternoon in the studio where they discovered that neither confined his musical knowledge and vision to one specific genre. Late Registration sold over 2. While West had encountered controversy a year prior when he stormed out of the after losing Best New Artist, his first large-scale controversy came just days following Late Registration 's release, during a benefit concert for victims. In September 2005, broadcast , and West was a featured speaker. When West was presenting alongside actor , he deviated from the prepared script. Myers spoke next and continued to read the script. West raised further controversy in January 2006 when he posed on the cover of wearing a. To this end, West incorporated the synthesizer into his , utilized slower , and experimented with and influenced by. In addition to U2, West drew musical inspiration from bands such as and in terms of and. To make his next effort, the third in a planned of education-themed studio albums, more introspective and personal in lyricism, West listened to and singer-songwriters and in hopes of developing methods to augment his wordplay and storytelling ability. West performing in 2008. West's third studio album, , garnered major publicity when its release date pitted West in a sales competition against rapper 's. Upon their September 2007 releases, Graduation outsold Curtis by a large margin, debuting at number one on the U. Months later, West and fiancée Alexis Phifer ended their engagement and their long-term intermittent relationship, which had begun in 2002. The events profoundly affected West, who set off for his 2008 shortly thereafter. Purportedly because his emotions could not be conveyed through rapping, West decided to sing using the voice audio processor , which would become a central part of his next effort. Music audiences were taken aback by the uncharacteristic production style and the presence of Auto-Tune, which typified the pre-release response to the record. West working in the studio in 2008, accompanied by mentor left. Reviews were positive, though slightly more mixed than his previous efforts. Despite this, the record's singles demonstrated outstanding chart performances. West's the following year at the was arguably his biggest controversy, and led to widespread outrage throughout the music industry. He was subsequently withdrawn from the remainder of the show for his actions. West's with was cancelled in response to the controversy. Importing his favorite producers and artists to work on and inspire his recording, West kept engineers behind the boards 24 hours a day and slept only in increments. West performing at the in Brazil, 2011 , West's fifth studio album, was released in November 2010 to widespread acclaim from critics, many of whom considered it his best work and said it solidified his comeback. In stark contrast to his previous effort, which featured a minimalist sound, Dark Fantasy adopts a maximalist philosophy and deals with themes of celebrity and excess. During this time, West initiated the free music program through his website, offering a free download of previously unreleased songs each Friday, a portion of which were included on the album. This promotion ran from August 20 — December 17, 2010. By employing a sales strategy that released the album digitally weeks before its physical counterpart, Watch the Throne became one of the few major label albums in the to avoid a. The co-headlining kicked off in October 2011 and concluded in June 2012. In 2012, West released the , a collection of tracks by artists from West's record label. West also directed a film of the same name that premiered at the in custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion featuring seven screens. Primarily inspired by architecture, West's perfectionist tendencies led him to contact producer fifteen days shy of its due date to strip down the record's sound in favor of a more minimalist approach. Initial promotion of his sixth album included worldwide video projections of the album's music and live television performances. It became his sixth consecutive number one debut, but also marked his lowest solo opening week sales. In September 2013, Kanye West announced he would be headlining , to support Yeezus, with fellow American rapper accompanying him as supporting act. The tour was met with rave reviews from critics. In June 2013, West and television personality announced the birth of their first child, North, and their engagement in October to widespread media attention. In November, West stated that he was beginning work on his next studio album, hoping to release it by mid-2014, with production by Rick Rubin and. In December 2013, announced the beginning of with West, to be premiered the following year. In May 2014, West and Kardashian were married in a private ceremony in , with a variety of artists and celebrities in attendance. In February 2015, West premiered his clothing collaboration with , entitled , to generally positive reviews. This would include West's sneakers. West performed the song at the with a number of US rappers and UK MC's including: , , , Fekky, , , Allan Kingdom, Theophilus London and Vic Mensa. He would premiere the second iteration of his clothing line, Yeezy Season 2, in September 2015 at. Having initially announced a new album entitled So Help Me God slated for a 2014 release, in March 2015 West announced that the album would instead be tentatively called SWISH. Later that month, West was awarded an honorary doctorate by the for his contributions to music, fashion, and popular culture, officially making him an honorary. The next month, West headlined at the in the UK, despite a petition signed by almost 135,000 people against his appearance. The performance featured a 60-person orchestra, a live band, guests from the album and 70 plus dancers. This also revived the initiative in which he releases new singles every Friday. On January 26, 2016, West revealed he had renamed the album from SWISH to Waves, and also announced the premier of his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line at Madison Square Garden. In the weeks leading up to the album's release, West became embroiled in several Twitter controversies and released several changing iterations of the track list for the new album. Several days ahead of its release, West again changed the title, this time to. On February 11, West premiered the album at as part of the presentation of his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line. He released the album exclusively on on February 14, 2016, following a performance on. Although a statement by West around Life of Pablo's initial release indicated that the album would be a permanent exclusive to Tidal, the album was released through several other competing services starting in April. West performing during the in 2016. In February 2016, West stated on Twitter that he was planning to release another album in the summer of 2016, tentatively called Turbo Grafx 16 in reference to the 1990s. Bush sleeping nude in a shared bed. In August 2016, West embarked on the in support of The Life of Pablo. The performances featured a mobile stage suspended from the ceiling. West postponed several dates in October following the Paris robbery of several of his wife's effects. On November 21, 2016, West cancelled the remaining 21 dates on the Saint Pablo Tour, following a week of no-shows, curtailed concerts and rants about politics. He was later admitted for psychiatric observation at. He stayed hospitalized over the Thanksgiving weekend because of a temporary psychosis stemming from sleep deprivation and extreme dehydration. Following this episode West took an 11 month break from Twitter, and the public in general. Later that month, he also announced two new albums, a solo album and self-titled collaboration with under the name , both of which would be released in June. Additionally, he revealed he would produce upcoming albums by GOOD Music label-mates and , as well as. The following week, West released his album,. West has suggested that he scrapped the original recordings of the album and re-recorded it within a month. The week after, West released a collaborative album with , titled , named after their group of the same name. West's musical career has been defined by frequent stylistic shifts and different musical approaches. Asked about his early musical inspirations in 2008, he named artists such as , , , , , and. Other music figures West has invoked as general inspirations include , , and. West was formatively mentored by Chicago producer , who introduced him to in the early 1990s, allowing a teenage West to sit in on recording sessions. West has noted producer as an influence on his style. West further developed his style on his 2004 debut album,. After a rough version was leaked, West meticulously refined the production, adding , , and improved drum programming. The album saw West diverge from the then-dominant in hip hop in favor of more diverse, topical lyrical subjects including higher education, materialism, , labor, , family, sexuality, and his personal struggles in the music industry. For his second album, 2005 , he collaborated with film score composer and drew influence from non-rap influences such as English group. Blending West's primary soulful production with Brion's elaborate orchestration, the album experimentally incorporated a wide array of different genres and prominent elements, including , piano chords, brass flecks, and horn riffs, amid a myriad of foreign and vintage instruments. West retracted much of the that characterized his previous album and replaced it with distorted, synthesizers, beats, - rhythms, and a wide array of electronic and digital. In addition, West drew musical inspiration from bands such as , , and. In comparison to previous albums, Graduation is more introspective, exploring West's own fame and personal issues. The , the titular which served as a primary instrument on. West's fourth studio album, 2008 , marked a radical departure from his previous releases, largely abandoning rap and stylings in favor of an emotive, stark sound that juxtaposed sung vocals and the distorted drum machine with droning synthesizers, lengthy , somber piano, and tribal rhythms. The album engages with themes of excess, celebrity, and decadence, has been noted by writers for its aesthetic and its incorporation of elements from West's previous four albums. The album also incorporates elements of , as well as , , and. Inspired by the of and primarily in nature, and continues West's practice of eclectic and unusual samples. In 2009, West collaborated with to release his own shoe, the , with a second version released in 2012. In January 2009, West introduced his first shoe line designed for during Paris Fashion Week. The line was released in summer 2009. West has additionally designed shoewear for and Italian shoemaker. In fall 2009 West moved to Rome and did an internship at Italian fashion brand where he gave ideas for the men's collection. In March 2011, West collaborated with for a series of silk scarves featuring artwork from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. On October 1, 2011, Kanye West premiered his women's fashion label, DW Kanye West at Paris Fashion Week. He received support from DSquared2 duo Dean and Dan Caten, Olivier Theyskens, Jeremy Scott, Azzedine Alaïa, and the Olsen twins, who were also in attendance during his show. His debut fashion show received mixed-to-negative reviews, ranging from reserved observations by Style. On March 6, 2012, West premiered a second fashion line at Paris Fashion Week. After months of anticipation and rumors, West confirmed the release of the Boosts. In 2015, West unveiled his Yeezy Season clothing line, premiering Season 1 in collaboration with Adidas early in the year. An initial release of the Adidas Yeezy Boosts was limited to 9000 pairs to be available only in New York City via the Adidas smartphone app; the Adidas Yeezy Boosts were sold out within 10 minutes. The shoes released worldwide on February 28, 2015, were limited to select boutique stores and the Adidas UK stores. He followed with Season 2 later that year at. On February 11, West premiered his Yeezy Season 3 clothing line at in conjunction with the previewing of his album. In June 2016, Adidas announced a new long-term contract with Kanye West which sees the Yeezy line extend to a number of stores and enter sports performance products. The Yeezys will be seen in basketball, , soccer, and more. In February 2017, West unveiled the Yeezy Season 5 collection to favorable responses from critics. A second collection was released in July 2017. Business ventures West founded the record label and production company in 2004, in conjunction with , shortly after releasing his debut album,. The label houses artists including West, , , , , and , and producers including , , , , , and S1. GOOD Music has released ten albums or higher by the RIAA. In November 2015, West appointed Pusha T the new president of GOOD Music. In August 2008, West revealed plans to open 10 restaurants in the Chicago area; the first was set to open in September 2008 in Orland Park. The second followed in January 2009, while a third location is yet to be revealed, although the process is being finalized. His company, KW Foods LLC, bought the rights to the chain in Chicago. Ultimately, in 2009, only two locations actually opened. In February 2011, West shut down the Fatburger located in. Later that year, the remaining Beverly location also was shuttered. On January 5, 2012, West announced his establishment of the creative content company , named after his late mother Donda West. Contemporary critics have noted the consistent aesthetic exhibited throughout DONDA creative projects. On March 30, 2015, it was announced that West is a co-owner, with various other music artists, in the service. The service specialises in audio and high definition music videos. Including Beyoncé and Jay-Z, sixteen artist stakeholders such as , , , , and more co-own Tidal, with the majority owning a 3% equity stake. The idea of having an all artist owned streaming service was created by those involved to adapt to the increased demand for streaming within the current music industry, and to rival other streaming services such as , which have been criticised for their low payout of. On June 6, 2016, West announced the Yeezy Season 2 Zine and the Adidas Yeezy Boost 750 will be released to retailers on June 11. They are shoes with a glow in the dark sole. In an interview with Vogue, he stated that there will be Yeezy stores with the first located in California. As spokesman for the campaign, West appeared in a series of PSAs for the organization, and hosted an inaugural benefit concert in August of that year. Participants are selected through an application and audition process. Got Bars is a free music writing program with the goal of helping at-risk Chicago youth. It is aimed at students between 15 and 24, and includes lessons on how to write and record music. Their curriculum is based on the teaching philosophy and pedagogy of Dr. Donda West with a focus on collaborative and experiential learning. West has additionally appeared and participated in many fundraisers, benefit concerts, and has done community work for relief, the Kanye West Foundation, the , , a concert benefit, rally and march, runs, a , and an MTV special helping young veterans who struggle through debt and a second chance after returning home. Acting and filmmaking West made as himself in the films 2005 and 2008 , and in an episode of the television show in 2007. In 2009, he starred in the -directed short film 2009 , playing himself acting belligerently while drunk in a nightclub. West wrote, directed, and starred in the musical short film 2010 , which heavily features music from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The film depicts a relationship between a man, played by West, and a half-woman, half- creature. In 2012, West wrote and directed another short film, titled , which premiered at the in custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion featuring seven screens constructed for the film. The film was inspired by the compilation album. West made a cameo appearance in the comedy 2013 as a representative in the film's fight scene. Politics In September 2015, West announced that he intends to run for President of the United States in. He later implied on Twitter that he intends to run for President in 2024 due to 's win in the. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother. I don't agree with everything anyone does. That's what makes us individuals. And we have the right to independent thought. April 25, 2018 On December 13, 2016, West met with Trump. These issues included , supporting teachers, modernizing curriculums, and. I feel it is important to have a direct line of communication with our future President if we truly want change. In February 2017, however, West deleted all of his tweets about Trump in purported dislike of the new president's policies, particularly the. I love Donald Trump. Trump later retweeted several of West's tweets. The tweet was met with controversy among some of West's fans. General media West has been an outspoken and controversial celebrity throughout his career, receiving both criticism and praise from many, including the mainstream media, other artists and entertainers, and two U. On September 2, 2005, during a benefit concert for relief on NBC , he deviated from the prepared script to criticize the media's portrayal of, and the federal response to, black victims of the hurricane. In November 2010, in a taped interview with for the , West expressed regret for his criticism of Bush. Reactions were mixed, but some felt that West had no need to apologize. In September 2013, West was widely rebuked by human rights groups for performing in , which has one of the , at the wedding of authoritarian President 's grandson. Other notable Western performers, including , have previously cancelled performances in the country over human rights concerns. West had previously participated in cultural boycotts, joining and in refusing to perform in after the 2010 implementation of stop and search laws directed against potential illegal aliens. People want to say Obama can't make these moves or he's not executing. That's because he ain't got those connections. Black people don't have the same level of connections as Jewish people... We don't got family that got money like that. I don't know how being told you have money is an insult. That sounds like a choice. You were there for 400 years and it's all of y'all. It's like we're mentally imprisoned. We need free thought now. Even the statement was an example of free thought. It was just an idea. Over the course of his career, West has been known to compare himself to various influential figures and entities in art and culture, including , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , and. Award shows In 2004, West had his first of a number of public incidents during his attendance at music award events. At the , West stormed out of the auditorium after losing Best New Artist to country singer. I don't want to hear all of that stuff. Hundreds of news outlets worldwide criticized the outburst. On November 7, 2006, West apologized for this outburst publicly during his performance as support act for for their Vertigo concert in. He later spoofed the incident on the 33rd-season premiere of in September 2007. After the show, he was visibly upset that he had lost at the VMAs two years in a row, stating that he would not come back to MTV ever again. He has also stated that Spears has not had a hit in a long period of time and that MTV exploited her for ratings. He was subsequently removed from the remainder of the show for his actions. I'm not crazy y'all, I'm just real. After Swift appeared on two days after the outburst, partly to discuss the matter, West called her to apologize personally. Swift said she accepted his apology. On February 8, 2015, at the , West walked on stage as was accepting his award for and then walked off stage, leaving the audience to think he was joking. On February 26, 2015, he publicly apologized to Beck on Twitter. On August 30, 2015, West was presented with the at the. I knocked the edge off. Petitions Music fans have turned to around the globe to try and block West's participation at various events. The largest unsuccessful petition has been to the with 133,000+ voters stating they would prefer a rock band to headline. On July 20, 2015, within five days of West's announcement as the headlining artist of the closing ceremonies of the , Change. In his Pan American Games Closing Ceremony performance, close to the end of his performance, West closed the show by tossing his faulty microphone in the air and walked off stage. West's wife , pictured in September 2012 West began an with designer Alexis Phifer in 2002, and they became engaged in August 2006. The pair ended their 18-month engagement in 2008. West subsequently dated model from 2008 until the summer of 2010. In April 2012, West began dating reality star and longtime friend. West and Kardashian became engaged in October 2013, and married on May 24, 2014, at in. Their private ceremony was subject to widespread mainstream coverage, with West taking issue with the couple's portrayal in the media. In April 2015, West and Kardashian traveled to Jerusalem to have North baptized in the at the. Donda West in August 2007 West played his first concert following the funeral at in London on November 22. The suit claimed infringement on Knievel's trademarked name and likeness. The suit sought monetary damages and an injunction to stop distribution of the video. West's attorneys argued that the music video amounted to satire and therefore was covered under the. I have accepted Jesus as my Savior. And I will say that I fall short every day. That's all I'm about. Mental health In 2010, for a screening of his movie , West told the audience he once. These songs had all been recorded during West's recording sessions for The Life of Pablo. You still ain't called me. Jay-Z, I know you got killers. Please don't send them at my head. Talk to me like a man. Contrary to what early reports said, however, West was not actually taken to the hospital involuntarily; he was persuaded to do so by authorities. Some have speculated that the Paris robbery of his wife may have triggered the paranoia. On November 30, West was released from the hospital. In an interview in 2018, West declared that he became addicted to when they were prescribed to him after he got. The addiction contributed to his nervous breakdown in 2016. West has had the most hip-hop career of the last decade. No rapper has embodied hip-hop's often contradictory impulses of narcissism and social good quite as he has, and no producer has celebrated the lush and the ornate quite as he has. He has spent most of his career in additive mode, figuring out how to make music that's majestic and thought-provoking and grand-scaled. And he's also widened the genre's gates, whether for middle-class values or high-fashion and high-art dreams. Early in his career, he was among the first rappers to publicly criticize the preponderance of in. The between rapper 50 Cent's Curtis and West's Graduation altered the direction of hip hop and helped pave the way for new rappers who did not follow the - mold. According to Ben Detrick of magazine, West effectively led a new wave of artists, including Kid Cudi, , , , and Drake, who lacked the interest or ability to rap about gunplay or. A substantial number of artists and other figures have professed admiration for West's work, including hip hop artists , of , of , and of. He's really trying to raise the bar. No one's near doing what he's doing, it's not even on the same planet. Famed CEO and inventor complimented West in a piece for 's list, writing that: Kanye West would be the first person to tell you he belongs on this list. And he wants everybody else to do the same: to engage, question, push boundaries. Now that he's a pop-culture juggernaut, he has the platform to achieve just that. He's not afraid of being judged or ridiculed in the process. Kanye's been playing the long game all along, and we're only just beginning to see why. Drake, , and have acknowledged being influenced directly by West. Non-rap artists such as English singer-songwriters and , artist , American electropop singer , English rock band , of English rock band and the American indie rock bands and have cited West as an influence. Main article: All of West's studio albums have gone , and he holds the record for having the most consecutive studio albums to debut at number one on the. His albums have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. Additionally West holds the record for most appearances on list as well as the most wins. West has had six songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of December 2012 placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. West has the fourth most singles certificates in history with 68 and is the highest selling rapper in the Gold, Platinum and Multi-Platinum list's. On top of that he has sold over 50 million singles in the United States making him the second highest male and sixth highest selling artist of all time in singles sales. West speaks after receiving an honorary doctorate from As of 2017, West has won a total of 21 making him eleventh in the list of and sixth for most grammy nominations with 68. West is one of five artists to receive three consecutive Grammy nominations for along with , , and. Additionally West and Gaga are the only solo artists to receive this nomination for their first three albums. In 2015 West became only the second rapper after to be presented the Video Vanguard Award for his lifetime contributions to MTV culture through performing arts. West is tenth on the list of most top 40 hits. Furthermore, he is tied with for having topped the annual critic poll the most number of times ever, with four number-one albums each. West has also been included twice in the annual lists of the most influential people in the world as well as being listed in a number of annual lists. In 2014, named him the third most influential artist in music, and was only rapper to make the top 30. According to , a site which aggregates critics' reception, West is the 15th most celebrated artist in popular music history and its seventh most celebrated solo artist. In 2017, West became the first artist to have an album go platinum from streaming only with The Life of Pablo. You see a black family, it says, 'They're looting. And even for me to complain about it, I would be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away from the TV because it's too hard to watch. I've even been shopping before even giving a donation, so now I'm calling my business manager right now to see what is the biggest amount I can give, and just to imagine if I was down there, and those are my people down there. So anybody out there that wants to do anything that we can help—with the way America is set up to help the poor, the black people, the less well-off, as slow as possible. I mean, the Red Cross is doing everything they can. We already realize a lot of people that could help are at war right now, fighting another way—and they've given them permission to go down and shoot us! Retrieved May 7, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2013. 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Retrieved May 12, 2015. Retrieved February 28, 2015. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a , West released his debut album in 2004 to widespread critical and commercial success, and founded the record label. Acting and filmmaking West made as himself in the films 2005 and 2008 , and in an episode of the television show in 2007. In April 2015, West and Kardashian traveled to Jerusalem to have North baptized in the at the. Retrieved June 6, 2016.

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