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

Personal Life and History

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 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. [1]

West's lyrics are sometimes considered controversial and offensive as they often contain explicit racial terms and profanity. [2] [3]

Kanye's father, Ray West, a sociology professor and former member of the Black Panther Party [4] has stated that he does not condone the use of profanity and racial comments in Kanye's lyrics. [5]

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. [6] West is engaged to be married to Alexis Phifer. [7]

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. West was again the subject of controversy at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where he took the microphone from country music starlet and Christian 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 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 West's noted White Hatred, as previously demonstrated in his 2005 "George Bush doesn't care about black people" comment.

Works

  • The College Dropout (2004)
  • Late Registration (2005)
  • Graduation (2007)
  • 808s and Heartbreak (2008)


References

  1. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11009059/
  2. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/5241
  3. http://archive.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2006/2/2/200539.shtml
  4. http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/5241
  5. http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/kanyes%20dad%20lashes%20out%20at%20sons%20lyrics_27_01_2006
  6. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159597,00.html
  7. http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20037945,00.html