Kanye West Trivia | 60 facts about «Ye»

Kanye West is is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer, who is also known as «Ye».

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1. His full name is Kanye Omari West.
2. He was born on June 8, 1977.
3. He is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and fashion designer.
4. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists and producers and as one of the greatest musicians of his generation.
5. He was born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago.
6. Kanye West initially gained recognition as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s, producing singles for several artists.
7. He developed the “chipmunk soul” sampling style.
8. Intent on pursuing a solo career as a rapper, he released his debut studio album, The College Dropout (2004), to critical and commercial success.
9. He founded the record label GOOD Music later that year.
10. Kanye West explored diverse musical elements like orchestras, synthesizers, and autotune on the albums Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), and 808s & Heartbreak (2008).
11. Drawing inspiration from maximalism and minimalism respectively, his fifth and sixth albums My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) and Yeezus (2013) also received critical and commercial success.
12. West further diversified his musical styles on The Life of Pablo (2016) and Ye (2018) and explored Christian and gospel music on Jesus Is King (2019).
13. After multiple delays, his highly anticipated tenth album Donda (2021) was released to continued commercial success, but to mixed critical reception.
14. He released its sequel Donda 2 (2022) a few months later, exclusively through a tie-in audio speaker service.
15. Kanye West’s discography also includes the full-length collaborative albums Watch the Throne (2011) with Jay-Z and Kids See Ghosts (2018) with Kid Cudi.
17. He is one of the world’s best-selling music artists.
18. He sold over 160 million records.
19. Kanye West has won 22 Grammy Awards and 75 nominations.
20. The joint tenth-most of all time, and the joint-most Grammy awards of any rapper along with Jay-Z.
21. Among his other awards are the Billboard Artist Achievement Award, a joint-record three Brit Awards for Best International Male Solo Artist and the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
22. Six of West’s albums were included on Rolling Stone’s 2020 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list with the same publication naming him one of the 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time.
23. He holds the joint record (with Bob Dylan) for most albums (4) topping the annual Pazz & Jop critic poll, and has the 5th most appearances on the Billboard Hot 100 (133 entries).
24. Time named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2005 and 2015.
25. Forbes estimated his net worth at $400 million as of 2022, making him among the wealthiest musicians in the world.
26. West’s outspoken views have received significant media coverage.
27. He has been a frequent source of controversy due to his conduct on social media, and at awards shows and public settings, as well as his comments on the music and fashion industries, U.S. politics, race, and slavery.
28. His Christian faith, high-profile marriage to Kim Kardashian, and mental health have also been topics of media attention.
29. As a fashion designer, he has collaborated with Nike, Louis Vuitton, Gap, and A.P.C. on clothing and footwear and led the Yeezy collaboration with Adidas.
30. He is also the founder and head of the creative content company Donda and due to become the owner of the social media platform Parler.
31. In 2020, West launched an unsuccessful independent presidential campaign that primarily advocated for a consistent life ethic.
32. In 2022, he faced backlash and lost a number of sponsors and partnerships—including his collaborations with Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga—after making antisemitic statements.
33. He stands 5 feet and 8 inches tall.
34. The album Jesus is King was originally called Yandhi.
35. West officially announced the album title as Yandhi in 2018, before changing it to Jesus Is King during production. Released in 2019, Jesus is King is the ninth studio album that Kanye West has sold through GOOD Music records.
36. In 2019, Kanye West rebranded himself as a Christian artist.
37. Kanye West is one of the most followed celebrities on Twitter.
38. Kanye West began his Twitter account in 2010 and on the same day he performed for the staff of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Twitter considers celebrities as an important part of the Twitter ecosystem as they have the power to attract more users and followers.
39. As of 2020, Kanye West currently has over 30 million followers on his Twitter account which is one of the highest follower bases among musical celebrities.
40. Michael Jackson was once intrigued by Kanye West’s fashion sense.
41. Kanye West stated that one of his most favorite band groups is a group of indie artists known from Glasglow. Officially known as Franz Ferdinand, this group is loved by both Kanye West and his family.
42. In Swahili, Kanye’s name translates to ‘The only one’.
43. The name Kanye means ‘the only one’ in Swahili, which led Kanye West to believe that he is special from the rest of the world. Kanye West has stated that he is chosen to do good for the world and make others realize that his vision of perfection is correct.
44. In October 2002, Kanye West was on a drive back to his hotel in California when he fell asleep while driving. Kanye West crashed his car into another vehicle, which left West with severe injuries and the other driver with leg fractures.
45. uring his hospitalization in 2002 after a tragic car accident, Kanye West requested a makeshift studio in his hospital room.
46. On a similar occasion, he was hospitalized again in 2016 from a mental breakdown. However, despite his wife’s and doctor’s advice to stay in bed and rest, he would continuously work from his hospital room.
47. The album ‘The College Drop-out’ was named after he dropped out of college.
48. Kanye West once stated he thought about becoming an adult film actor.
49. In an interview, he also stated that Playboy Magazine was also his gateway to porn addiction and helped him cope with his mother’s death in 2007.
50. However, since early 2019, Kanye West states that his Christian faith helped him fight the addiction which led him to focus better on his career. Since then, he has also focused on creating more gospel appropriate music and less vulgar lyrics.
51. In 2007, Kanye West was awarded the ‘International Man of the Year’ award by GQ.
52. According to his parents, Kanye West began writing poetry at the young age of 5.
53. His mother stated that she first took notice of her son’s passion for arts and music around the time he was in the third grade.
54. Kanye West began taking an interest in rap music around the same time and began making his first musical compositions in the seventh grade.
55. After the death of his mother, Kanye West honored her memory by dedicating the song Hey Mama to her. Since then, West has performed it live on several occasions in honor of her memory.
56. Apart from guest appearances in live talk shows, Kanye West has made several other appearances on television as himself. A few appearances he has made include small cameos and roles in shows such as South Park, The Love Guru, and Entourage. He has also made a few appearances in his wife’s reality TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
57. Before they were married, Kanye and Kim shared a longtime friendship which evolved into a romantic relationship in 2012. Kanye West and Kim Kardashian got engaged in 2013 after finalizing Kardashian’s divorce with her previous husband.
58. Even before their marriage, Kim’s family has spoken out numerous times regarding how displeased they are with Kim dating Kanye West. Many of Kim’s sisters often call Kanye selfish, narcissistic, and rude.
59. Kanye has also been accused of cheating on Kim Kardashian on more than one occasion. However, despite comments from the family, the two continued with their plans to get married, much to the dismay of the Kardashians.
60. In 2006, Kanye West proposed to fashion designer Alexis Phifer. However, after a two-year on and off relationship, Kanye West eventually broke off the engagement in 2008.