As we know, Kanye West is a world-famous rapper, who was born in the United States. He has a great fan following worldwide. Some social networking websites like Twitter and Facebook are more than enough in order to get to know about the kind of popularity that Kanye West is enjoying as a rapper. Mr. West made his debut in the year 2004. The album with which this singer come rapper made his debut is 'The College Dropout'. Although he made his debut in the year 2004, he slowly started increasing his popularity by giving back to back hits. All the albums released by Kanye West were having at least two songs being included in the list of top hits of all time. This artist has released five albums to date, with his own voice.
The great thing about this amazing artist is that all his 5 albums have received some reputed awards like Grammy awards. This rapper has bagged 12 Grammy awards for his amazing songs in the five albums. Moreover, most of the critics have praised this rapper for his amazing songs as well. To be more specific most of hKanye West is said to be one of the world's most popular rappers, and singer as well. He was born in a place called Atlanta, which is in Georgia. Unfortunately, the parents of Mr. West split by obtaining a divorce when Kanye was just three years old. His father is Ray West, who was well-known at those times as a 'Black Panther', he was the first black to become the photojournalist at the constitution of Atlanta Journal. He is now working as a counselor of Christianity. Speaking about his mother, her name was Dr. Donda West, who was working as an English Professor in one of the top universities of the country, Clark Atlanta University. Later, she was also promoted in another top university, the University of Chicago State, to be the English Department's Chair. It is good to see that Kanye West's mother later retired to serve him in his works.
During his childhood, Kanye West was enjoying a background of middle class. He was pursuing his schooling in an educational institution called Polaris High School, which is located in Oak Lawn in Illinois. West has said in a recent press release that he used to get A's and sometimes B's when he was being educated in school.
Mr. West was very much interested in arts since his childhood, and as a result, after a few years he went to be a part of art coaching classes, offered by none other than the American Academy. He later enrolled himself in another top university, the University of Chicago State, in the same field. Kanye West gave up his studies in order to concentrate more on music. When he was still in schooling, he had a hobby of producing the local artists for their songs. He later started gaining the popularity as a producer by producing some hit singles.
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In addition, West also has his own label called GOOD Music, which has already released many hit songs. Some other popular artists like John Legend, Kid Cudi and Common have got their songs out from this label. The trademark of his label and which you find on the covers of his album CDs is a 'Dropout Bear'. You will find a teddy bear as a symbol of his 'Dropout Bear' trademark. Another great thing about Kanye West is that he was voted to be ranked as the game's first Hottest MC in the year 2007.
