Kenye Omari West best known as American producer and rapper through the "wire" singer and record producer was born on 8th June 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia.
His father Ray West was the first black photo journalist at the Atlanta journal constitution and is now a Christian counselor.
His mother Dr.
Donda West is a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University and later at the Chicago state university.
His parents separated when he was only 3 and he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.
He was raised in a middle class background and attended Polaris High school and got A's and B's grade while in school he produced for local artists and became famous by producing hit singles for major hip hop and / R&B artists including Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Janet Jackson etc.
His first career production was "down to earth" in 1996 on Chicago rapper Grav's 1996 Debert album.
Later he produced for much well known artists like Jermaine Dupri, Croodie Mob, Harlem World.
His big break came in 2000 when he produced for Jay-Z "Roc-a-Fella records.
" Then the "Blue print" in 2001 was released.
This was a great commercial success and he became a sought after producer in hip hop industry.
He continued to produce for Roc-a-Fella records, artists and contributed 4 tracks to Jay-Z next album "The Blue Print: The gift and the curse.
He was successful as a producer but as a rapper and solo artist he struggled to get a record deal.
In 2002 he had fatal car crash.
This crash provided him inspiration for West's first single "Though the wire.
" His faith is evident in "Jesus-Walks""The college dropout" released in 2004 and received critical acclaim.
In 2005 came his second album "Late Registration' which was not only a commercial success but also earned eight Grammy award nominations.
The album was certified Triple Platinum.
In 2007 West announced that he would be starring in a series directed by Larry Charles.
The release date of "Graduation" the third album was changed.
In 2007, August he appeared as himself on HBO T.
V show- "Entourage".
He performed at the 2007 MTV video music awards.
In 2010 he appeared on Fox's animated T.
V series "The Clever land show.
" He was working on his new album "My beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" to be released in Nov 2010.
He lost his mother Donda West in 2007 due to complications from cosmetic surgery.
His father Ray West was the first black photo journalist at the Atlanta journal constitution and is now a Christian counselor.
His mother Dr.
Donda West is a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University and later at the Chicago state university.
His parents separated when he was only 3 and he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois.
He was raised in a middle class background and attended Polaris High school and got A's and B's grade while in school he produced for local artists and became famous by producing hit singles for major hip hop and / R&B artists including Jay-Z, Talib Kweli, Janet Jackson etc.
His first career production was "down to earth" in 1996 on Chicago rapper Grav's 1996 Debert album.
Later he produced for much well known artists like Jermaine Dupri, Croodie Mob, Harlem World.
His big break came in 2000 when he produced for Jay-Z "Roc-a-Fella records.
" Then the "Blue print" in 2001 was released.
This was a great commercial success and he became a sought after producer in hip hop industry.
He continued to produce for Roc-a-Fella records, artists and contributed 4 tracks to Jay-Z next album "The Blue Print: The gift and the curse.
He was successful as a producer but as a rapper and solo artist he struggled to get a record deal.
In 2002 he had fatal car crash.
This crash provided him inspiration for West's first single "Though the wire.
" His faith is evident in "Jesus-Walks""The college dropout" released in 2004 and received critical acclaim.
In 2005 came his second album "Late Registration' which was not only a commercial success but also earned eight Grammy award nominations.
The album was certified Triple Platinum.
In 2007 West announced that he would be starring in a series directed by Larry Charles.
The release date of "Graduation" the third album was changed.
In 2007, August he appeared as himself on HBO T.
V show- "Entourage".
He performed at the 2007 MTV video music awards.
In 2010 he appeared on Fox's animated T.
V series "The Clever land show.
" He was working on his new album "My beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" to be released in Nov 2010.
He lost his mother Donda West in 2007 due to complications from cosmetic surgery.
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