Биография Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American record producer and rapper from Chicago, Illinois.
Previously best known for producing hit singles for Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Ludacris, West himself worked on a solo album for a long period of time, having the release pushed back time and time again. Due to his appearance and overall style, West struggled to find a way to get his own voice on record. Multiple record companies put him aside due to the fact that West is from the suburbs of Chicago, not a former ‘street hustler’ or even one that wears the orthodox hip-hop apparel. A car crash on October 23, 2002 left his jaw fractured in three places. With his mouth still wired shut and only weeks after having an encounter with death, Kanye West began recording «Through The Wire» reliving his near-fatal accident».Through The Wire», which sampled Chaka Khan’s classic track «Through The Fire», would eventually become his lead single from The College Dropout,
Kanye West also has his own clothing line — «Pastel Clothing», and his own record label — «GOOD Music» , under which John Legend’s platinum selling debut album Get Lifted has been released, along with Common’s latest album — «Be». Other artists on his label include GLC, Consequence, and Farnsworth Bentley.
On August 30th, 2005, Kanye West released his second album Late Registration».Diamonds » and «Gold Digger», were the first two singles from Late Registration, the album sold over 904,000 in its first week. West announced that his 3rd and 4th albums will be titled «Graduation» and «A Good Ass Job», respectively.
In 2005, Kanye West received ten Grammy Award nominations, making him the most nominated artist of 2005. He received two nominations in the Album of the Year category, one for The College Dropout, and one for his work on Alicia Keys’ album The Diary of Alicia Keys. His work with pop icon Janet Jackson also earned him a nomination for her single I Want You, produced by West, which was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. Afterwards, he strongly criticized the music industry as he only won 3 of the 10 awards, and he felt he deserved all of them.
At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony held on February 13, 2005, Kanye won Best Rap Album for his album The College Dropout and Best Rap Song for his single «Jesus Walks».
In 2004, Kanye appeared on MTV’s prank show, Punk’d. Ashton Kutcher tricked Kanye into thinking that his music video shoot for the song «Jesus Walks» was censored by the Los Angeles Film Commission due to a «rule» about filming on Sundays without a permit. To the audience’s amusement, Kanye stole back the music video footage from them and then jumped into his van for his safety until Ashton Kutcher stopped the van.
Kanye has collaborated with numerous artists including rapper Twista, on songs such as «Overnight Celebrity» and «Slow Jamz» — which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart. Kanye also features on Brandy’s single, «Talk About Our Love». Some of the many other artists he has worked with include Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Mariah Carey and John Legend. Kayne West is also credited with revitalizing and bringing new life into the careers of such rappers as Common and Twista.
On September 8, 2005, in a live-via-satellite concert for the NFL season opener between the Oakland Raiders and the New England Patriots, West performed «Heard ‘Em Say». West was lustily booed by the crowd at Foxboro stadium, almost certainly as a response to his controversial statements about George W. Bush following Hurricane Katrina. However his September 9 performance of «Jesus Walks» on the «Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast» nationwide telethon for Kartrina relief went off without controversy.
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