

"New Slaves" was nominated for Best Rap Song at the 2014 Grammy Awards. On November 24, 2013, West said in an interview that he is making his seventh album. West rapped on it with Lil Wayne and Q-Tip. On NovemBusta Rhymes' single "Thank You" was released. In November 2013 West gave a lecture at Harvard University. The album got very good reviews from music critics. On JWest's sixth album Yeezus was released. The film's name came from an album West released called Cruel Summer on his record label GOOD Music. On a short film made by West called Cruel Summer was shown for the first time at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. In 2011 "All of the Lights" was released as the fourth single from My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. In 2011 West released an album with Jay-Z called Watch the Throne. Four singles were released from the album. Rolling Stone gave it five out of five stars. Pitchfork rarely give 10/10, so this was a big achievement. Pitchfork gave the album a score of 10/10. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy was released on Roc-A-Fella Records in 2010.
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West acted in the 2008 movie The Love Guru. It sold 450,145 copies in its first week. The album was sung instead of rapped by West. In 2008, West's fourth album 808s & Heartbreak was released. The album's second single "Stronger" won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance. Five singles were released from the album. The album was nominated for eight Grammy Awards. West's third album Graduation was released in 2007. In 2005 West released his first fashion line. Other rappers on the album included Jay-Z, Ludacris, and Mos Def. West was also nominated for Best New Artists. The second single "Gold Digger" was nominated for Record of the Year at the 2006 Grammy Awards.
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In 2005 West's second album Late Registration was released. West was nominated for three American Music Awards. That year West started a record label called GOOD Music.

It entered the Billboard 200 at number two. West's first album The College Dropout was released by Roc-A-Fella. He rapped on an instrumental from Twista's single "Slow Jamz".

In 2003 West released his first mixtape, Get Well Soon. In 1999 they released their only album, World Record Holders. In the late 1990s, West became a member of the amateur rap group called Go-Getters with GLC, Timmy G, and Really Doe. He was well known in these beats to take samples of old and popular soul songs, speed them up, raise the pitch and put these samples in his beats to enhance the sound. West started his music career as a producer creating beats for local Chicago artists. When he was 20 he left college to focus on music. After a short time he changed to Chicago State University to major in English. In 1997 West started taking painting classes at Chicago's American Academy of Art. Kanye moved with his mother to Nanjing, China when he was 10. He started writing poetry at the age of five. He moved with his mother to Chicago when he was three years old. West was born to middle-class African-American parents in Atlanta, Georgia. West is the ex-husband of Kim Kardashian, daughter of Robert Kardashian. West also runs his own record label called GOOD Music. In 2016, he released his seventh album, The Life of Pablo. Yeezus obtained great reviews from many music critics. In 2013, he released his sixth album, Yeezus. In 2010, he released his fifth, titled My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. In 2008, he released his fourth album, 808s & Heartbreak. His first three albums, The College Dropout, Late Registration, and Graduation received many awards, critical acclaim, and commercial success. In 2020, West ran for President of the United States, under his own political party, the Birthday Party. Kanye Omari West ( / ˈ k ɑː n j eɪ/ born June 8, 1977, and legally named Ye / j eɪ/ since October 2021) is an American rapper, record producer, politician, and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois.
