KANYE WEST Biography
KANYE WEST is one of America’s powerful rapper, singer and producer. West rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, he started off working for other artists including Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, John Legend.
Kanye has released a total of five albums since 2004 and each has gone platinum. As of 2011, West has received a total of fourteen Grammy Awards for his music.
Besides his success in music, Kanye has had his share of controversies for being at times too outspoken and insensitive of other people’s feelings. During the 2009 MTV Video Music Award,while Taylor Swift was accepting the Best Female Video Award for “You Belong with Me”, West decided to crash her stage by going on stage himself; he grabbed the microphone from Swift and proclaimed that Beyoncé’s video for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” which was nominated for the same award, was “one of the best videos of all time”. It sure shocked the heck out of a lot of people. Too much booze that night perhaps?
Birth name: Kanye Omari West
Born: June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
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