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30 facts about Kanye West
Kanye West has been active in the music world since 1996 and has become one of the most influential and influential hip-hop singers ever.
Here is a list of the top 30 facts about musical genius, Kanye West!
His full name is Kanye Omari West.
Kanye West is 43 years old this year.
In Swahili, the name Kanye is translated to mean 'the only one'.
His mother was an English professor, and her profession brought Kanye to China to teach for over a year.
While driving home in 2002, he had a bad car accident.
While recovering at the hospital, he continued to produce music using electronic drum kits and other equipment.
The holidays didn't seem to stop Kanye West from working either and on New Year's Eve 2015 he released a single titled ‘Facts'.
Before recording his own songs, he produced music for other stars, including Jay-Z.
Kanye's album ‘The College Drop-out’ is cleverly named after he dropped out of school at Chicago State University.
Billboard ranked him 3rd on the list of producers of the decade 2010.
He said that Fiona Apple is one of his favorite artists and he wants to be her 'rap version'.
Some of his nicknames include Louis Vuitton Don and Yeezy.
More than 50% of his songs are the result of collaborations with other artists.
He was engaged to Alexis Phifer, a fashion designer, from 2006 until their relationship ended in 2008.
GQ awarded Kanye West the title 'International Man of the Year' in 2007.
His song "Hey Mama" was dedicated to his mother, who passed away in 2007 after complications of plastic surgery.
Kanye West married model and actress Kim Kardashian on May 24, 2014. They have two children together - North and Saint.
In 2008, Kanye opened two burger restaurants.
He met his stylist at Barney's while shopping.
If you search for the word 'gay fish' on Google, Kanye West's knowledge chart will appear on the right, this is due to an episode of South Park called 'Fishsticks' where Kanye West is the only one.
He auditioned for Chaka Khan's voice on his song "Through the Wire", but she wasn't prepared for Kanye to release a single until her son spoke to her a few weeks later.
It is estimated that Kanye West is worth about $ 120 million!
After Kanye interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech at VMAs in 2009, he left the country and visited Japan and Rome.
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Kanye West once said that he thought of becoming a porn star once or twice as a way to make money before his music career took off.
He has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards and 112 general music awards.
His fashion sense has garnered a lot of attention around the world and Michael Jackson called him once to ask about the jacket he wore while filming the music video for 'Stronger'.
Kanye is the sixth most popular digital artist, with a total of 30 million downloads in the US as of January 2016.
Perhaps surprisingly, Kanye's favorite band is a group of indie artists from Glasgow, also known as Franz Ferdinand.
Kanye West is one of the most followed celebrities on Twitter, his personal page is @kanyewest.
