Kanye West (American Rapper) Biography

Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, to Dr. Donda C. Williams West and Ray West. His father was one of the former Black Panthers and the first ever black photojournalist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Kanye West mother was an English Professor at Clark Atlanta University and also the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University. His parents divorced when he was only 3 years old and he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.

Kanye West Biography

Kanye West Childhood & Early Life

Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, to Dr. Donda C. Williams West and Ray West. His father was one of the former Black Panthers and the first ever black photojournalist at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. His mother was an English Professor at Clark Atlanta University and also the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University. His parents divorced when he was only 3 years old and he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.

West was raised in a humble way and belonged to a middle-class background. He did his schooling at Polaris High School in Illinois. He shifted to Nanjing, China at the age of ten when his mother was asked to teach at Nanjing University as part of an exchange program. He was creative from an early age. He wrote his first poetry at the age of 5. Around the same time, he started to rap and had composed his own music by the time he was in the seventh grade.

Kanye West Education

Kanye West Physical Appearance

Kanye West Family and Children

 Kanye was in love with Kim Kardashian. They both started dating in 2014 and later in 2015 they got married. But things did not turn out well between them and they divorced in 2021. Kanye and Kim have four children –North, Saint, Psalm, and Chicago.

Kanye West Career

Kanye started his career as a producer. He invested in Jermaine Dupri,s “ Life In 1472”.He gained popularity when he worked for Roc-A-Fella. His highly praised composition work was Blueprint with Jay Z. Kanye was recognized in the industry because of his unique work in the industry.

Kanye made his final cut after he released the College Dropout in 2004. This album of him made a huge success and it became very popular among the fans. Kanye was awarded Grammy in 2005 for the song in his album. He has released some best works like Late Registration, Gold Digger, and Diamonds from Sierra Leone. These albums and works topped the charts.

Kanye West Net Worth

Kanye West Net Worth Was around $550 million dollars. He is very famous in the Industry and he is the richest black rapper in America. He is the founder of the GOOD music label. He owns his own clothing brand named YEEZY. He earns a major portion of his income through his hit songs and albums.

Kanye West Favorite Things

Kanye West & Kim Kardashian Divorced

Kanye was in love with Kim Kardashian. They both started dating in 2014 and later in 2015 they got married. But things did not turn out well between them and they divorced in 2021. Kanye and Kim have four children –North, Saint, Psalm, and Chicago.the reality TV star explained that she was exhausted from having to “clean up” the rapper’s outbursts – both on social media and behind the scenes. She said: “Sometimes I feel if he were to hit rock bottom that’s his journey that he needs to figure out on his own.

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Kanye West Fast Facts

• Started out as a producer for hip-hop artists including Jermaine Dupri, Jay-Z and Ludacris
• After fracturing his jaw in a car crash, he wrote “Through the Wire,” which got him a record deal
• Walked out of the American Music Awards in 2004 after losing the Best New Artist award to country performer Gretchen Wilson
• He later apologized to her for his actions
• Took some heat for publicly criticizing President George W
• Bush during a 2005 NBC Hurricane Katrina benefit concert
• Was widely denounced when he interrupted Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech at the MTV Video Music Awards in September 2009
• Made his directorial debut in 2010 with the musical short film Runaway, which is based on the song of the same name from his My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.

Kanye West Relationships

• North West — Daughter
• Alexis Phifer — Ex-fiancée
• Amber Rose — Ex-significant Other
• Ray West — Father
• Donda West — Mother
• Saint West — Son
• Kim Kardashian — Wife

Kanye West Personal Life

• In November 2007, Kanye West’s mother Donda West died of heart disease right after she underwent a plastic surgery procedure. She was 58 years old at the time. This left West in turmoil, as he was extremely close to his mother; she had released her memoir before her death called Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar.
• Kanye West was in an on-and-off relationship with designer Alexis Phifer for four years before getting engaged to her in August 2006. The engagement lasted 18 months before the pair called it quits in 2008.
• He was in a relationship with model Amber Rose from 2008 to 2010.
• In April 2012, West began dating Kim Kardashian. They got engaged in October 2013 and got married on May 24, 2014, at Fort di Belvedere in Florence, Italy.
• West and Kim Kardashian have four children: daughters North West (born June 2013) and Chicago West (born January 2018 via surrogate) and sons Saint West (born December 2015) and Psalm West (born May 2019 via surrogate).
• In February 2021, Kardashian filed for divorce from West. In 2022, West began dating actress Julia Fox before breaking up with her in less than two months. In January 2023, reports came out that West had married architectural designer Bianca Censori in an unofficial ceremony. Later, Bianca’s sister, Angelina Censori, confirmed the reports of the marriage.
• In August 2021, he filed a request to change his legal name from ‘Kanye Omari West’ to ‘Ye.’ A month later in October, his request was finalized, and he officially adopted his new name.

Fact about Kanye West Net Worth

• He has sold 140 million albums in his career.
• Owns real estate worth $100 million.
• The music catalog is worth $110 million.
• Owns 100% of Yeezy’s.
• Yeezy earns $150-$200 million in royalties each year.
• Yeezy’s enterprise value adds $3-5 billion to Kanye’s net worth.
• Has a partnership with The Gap that is worth $1 billion
• Real estate assets $120 million
• Music Catalog $80 Million Including G.O.O.D Music
• Yeezy.com website $100 million
• Yeezy brand valued at $5 billion
• Gap partnership valued at $1 billion
• $400 million in cash, equity, and other assets
• Net worth $6.7 billion
• Liabilities and other considerations $100 million

Kanye West Awards

2020Grammy-Best Contemporary Christian Music Album: Winner

Kanye West Discography

Studio albums

• The College Dropout (2004)
• Late Registration (2005)
• Graduation (2007)
• 808s & Heartbreak (2008)
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
• Yeezus (2013)
• The Life of Pablo (2016)
• Ye (2018)
• Jesus Is King (2019)
• Donda (2021)
• Donda 2 (2022)

Collaborative albums

• Watch the Throne (2011) (with Jay-Z)
• Cruel Summer (2012) (with GOOD Music)
• Kids See Ghosts (2018) (with Kid Cudi, as Kids See Ghosts)

Kanye West Filmography

• The College Dropout Video Anthology (2004)
• Late Orchestration (2006)
• VH1 Storytellers (2010)
• Runaway (2010)
• Jesus Is King (2019)
• Jeen-Yuhs (2022)

Kanye West Books

• Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar (2007)
• Thank You and You’re Welcome (2009)
• Through the Wire: Lyrics & Illuminations (2009)
• Glow in the Dark (2009)

Kanye West Controversies

• Trolling Justin Bieber’s wife over White Lives Matter t-shirts
• Kardashian drama and an Instagram ban
• Kanye for US president
• Interrupting Taylor Swift
• Calling slavery a choice

Kanye West’s dating Bianca Censori

Less than one year after Kim Kardashian and Kanye West were declared legally single in March 2022, West has seemingly remarried, and his alleged new wife actually works for his company, Yeezy.

On Jan. 13, 2023, that West and Bianca Censori recently had a private wedding-like ceremony, although they haven’t yet filed a marriage certificate to make it legal. West was seen wearing a gold wedding band while at lunch with Censori in Beverly Hills on Monday, January 9, and the outlet reports he released a song about her, “Censori Overload” last month. Kanye West and Bianca Censori secretly married in December 2022, a month after settling his divorce with Kim Kardashian. They went public with their relationship the following month. Since then, West and Censori have stuck by each other’s sides.8 Jan 2024

Kanye West New Wife

Bianca Censori, who is believed to be the new wife of Kanye West, officially known as Ye, has been making headlines across the globe for several months now. She is almost always in the news for the way she dresses in public. Some of the most recent controversies triggered by Bianca and Ye happened in the months of February and March 2024.

Bianca was seen at the Marni fashion show at Milan Fashion Week on 23 February 2024 wearing a provocative bodysuit that left little to the imagination. The couple’s outrageous displays weren’t exclusive to Milan as they continued their attention-grabbing antics in Paris.