KANYE WEST

Kanye Omari West (pronounced / kɑ ː njeɪ /) is a rapper, singer and producer musicalestadounidense born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 8, 1977.1 West began his footsteps as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he achieved some renown for his work in the album of Jay-Z The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for artists such as Alicia Keys, Ludacris and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used vocal samples extracted from soul music songs, along with their own samples of drums and other instruments. In the following productions was gradually expanding their range of influences, ranging from R & B samples from the 1970's, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, electronica, synth pop and classical music
Grew from small in Chicago, Illinois, where he moved with his mother at the age of three years, and currently resides in Hoboken, New Jersey.Kanye is the son of Ray and Donda West. Ray West worked as a photojournalist (becoming rewarded) when Kanye was born, and currently works as a pastoral marriage counselor. Donta West chaired the English Department at the University of Chicago, until he retired to be the representative of his son. After attending the International Academy of Art and Design and Technology, an art school in Chicago, and later to the University of Chicago, West dropped everything and began his musical career. He won fame producing artists of rap and R & B like Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Brandy, Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Ludacris and John Legend. West himself was working on his solo album for a long period, but the album's release had to be delayed repeatedly.Kanye became one of the best producers in hip hop after recording the critically acclaimed album of Jay-Z selling over 85 million copies of his album The Blueprint stronger, which highlighted four tracks produced by Kanye, most notably the lead single "Izzo (HOVA)" and the 'diss' Nas and Prodigy on "Takeover." Because of its appearance and overall style, West worked hard to create their own voice and musical style in his recordings. Jay-Z admitted that Roc-a-Fella Records was reluctant to support West as a rapper at first, and who saw him as a producer first.

Kanye West at a concert.General InformationReal NameKanye Omari WestBirthJune 8, 1977 (34 years), Atlanta, Georgia,OriginChicago, IllinoisOccupationSinger and music producerIts musicalGenre (s)Rap, Hip-Hop, R & B, Trip-HopInstrument (s)Voice, Keyboard, Sampler, Piano.Period of activity1996 - PresentLabel (s)GOOD Music / Def Jam Roc-A-Fella/IslandWebWebsiteKanyeWest.com