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Kanye West is an American entertainer and entrepreneur, hip hop musician and record producer. He is one of the most successful and popular of recent times. His records have won nine Grammy awards.

West began writing poetry at the age of five.^[1] After his Oval Office meeting with President Trump, West was labeled as an example of "what happens when negroes don't read"^[2] by a fellow black American on CNN.

Personal Life and career

Kanye West meets with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The white racist mainstream media was extremely hostile toward a black man getting to uppity.

Kanye attracted considerable media attention in September 2005, when he appeared on a television fundraiser for Hurricane Katrina victims and famously stated "George Bush doesn't care about black people." He later said he made that statement because of a "welfare mentality."^[3]

He also created a stir when he posed for the cover of the February 2006 Rolling Stone magazine portraying Jesus Christ, wearing a crown of thorns on his head with blood running down his face.^[4]

West's lyrics are sometimes considered controversial and offensive as they often contain explicit racial terms and profanity.^{[5] [6]}

Kanye's father, Ray West, a sociology professor and former member of the Black Panther Party ^[7] has stated that he does not condone the use of profanity and racial comments in Kanye's lyrics.^[8]

His mother Donda, a former chair of the English department at Chicago State University who acted as Kanye's manager, died Nov 10, 2007 following a cosmetic surgery procedure. She was 58 years old.^[9] West is engaged to be married to Alexis Phifer.^[10]

In August 2015, Kanye West announced that he would be running for President of the United States of America in 2020. Many people have joked about his announcement, however, 2016 Republican front-runner Donald Trump responded positively to the announcement saying, "He's actually a different kind of a person than people think, he's a nice guy. I hope to run against him some day."

In 2016 West was hospitalized after an emotional break, which led him to cancel a then-ongoing tour. After the incident he began to study Christianity, finally announcing his conversion in 2019. In October 2019 he released Jesus Is King, an album of religious material. Despite secular media basically criticizing the album, it set Billboard records in topping 22 different charts, holding down all top 10 spots on two charts (actually holding down the #11 spot as well on the Hot Gospel Songs chart), and having all 11 songs debut on the Hot 100 chart. West required those working on the album to practice a sexually-pure lifestyle.^[11] West's album "Jesus Is King" performed very well, reaching first place in number of sales.^[12]

In November 2019 West performed a surprise concert of his album “Jesus is King” for 200 male inmates at Harris County jail in Houston, Texas. West later performed for a smaller crowd of female inmates. According to CNN. the concert left many inmates in tears, and West said his purpose was “a mission, not a show.” Texas governor Greg Abbott praised West’s actions saying in a [tweet]], “What @kanyewest does to inspire the incarcerated is transformative. Saving one soul at a time.”^[13]

Oval Office meeting

In a publicly televised Oval Office meeting with President Trump, Kanye proposed moving Adidas shoe manufacturers from overseas to the South Side of Chicago to create jobs and alleviate minority unemployment. Racist liberals and Democrats called West mentally ill, a minstrel show, and an illiterate token Negro for challenging globalism. He continued to express support for Trump.^[14]

He has pushed back against left-wing identity politics.^[15]

Criticism

West's musical style has been the subject of criticism. Kanye West was the subject of extreme criticism when he appeared to mock Jesus on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine and subsequently claim that he was bigger than Jesus. West, who has been rumored to be Muslim as his father (a former member of the Black Panther Party) was, caused considerable uproar with this comment and did not apologize. In 2005, he stated that "George [W.] Bush doesn't care about black people" allegedly given the federal response by FEMA during Hurricane Katrina.

West was again the subject of controversy at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where he took the microphone from pop music singer Taylor Swift while she was about to give an acceptance speech and said that she did not deserve it as much as Beyonce Knowles. This upset the then 19 year old Swift and caused backlash against West from many notable celebrities and President Barack Hussein Obama. It was also speculated that this interaction was spurred by anti-white racism, as previously demonstrated in his 2005 Bush comment.

Liberals have criticized West – like they do for all blacks who are not liberal Democrats – for deviating from left-wing orthodoxy.^[16]

Works

• The College Dropout (2004)
• Late Registration (2005)
• Graduation (2007)
• 808s and Heartbreak (2008)
• My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
• Watch the Throne (2011)
• Yeezus (2013)
• The Life of Pablo (2016)
• ye (2018)
• Jesus Is King (2019)

See also

• WalkAway movement

References

1. ↑ "Kanye and His Mom Shared Special Bond", Chicago Tribune, November 13, 2007. 
2. ↑ https://www.thewrap.com/don-lemon-laughs-as-cnn-panel-mocks-kanye-west-as-token-negro-video/
3. ↑ Nelson, Steven (October 11, 2018). Kanye says 'welfare mentality' led him to accuse George W. Bush of racism. Washington Examiner. Retrieved October 11, 2018.
4. ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009059/
5. ↑ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/5241
6. ↑ http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/2/200539.shtml
7. ↑ http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/5241
8. ↑ [1]
9. ↑ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159597,00.html
10. ↑ http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20037945,00.html
11. ↑ Mendez, Marisa (October 24, 2019). Kanye West Admits He Asked People Working on His New Album to Not Have Premarital Sex. XXL. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
    See also:
    • Van Maren, Jonathon (October 25, 2019). Why Kanye West is right in saying porn is ‘not okay’. LifeSiteNews. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
12. ↑ Madden, Nate (November 4, 2019). Kanye’s ‘Jesus Is King’ album debuts at no. 1 on the Billboard charts, tying record. Conservative Review. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
13. ↑ https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/16/abbott-texas-kanye-jail/?utm_source=&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10953
14. ↑ Gage, John (October 24, 2019). Kanye West explains Trump support and says he is bringing his shoe factories to America. Washington Examiner. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
15. ↑ Bleau, Hannah (October 25, 2019). Kanye West: ‘The Most Racist Thing’ Is to Say ‘I Must Make a Choice Based on My Race’. Breitbart News. Retrieved October 25, 2019.
16. ↑ Byas, Steve (October 12, 2018). Kanye West Latest Black Person Attacked for Deviating From Liberal Dogma. The New American. Retrieved October 15, 2018.