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Kanye West 1 Kanye West Kanye West West at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2009. Born Kanye Omari West June 8, 1977 Atlanta, Georgia, United States Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S. Occupation Rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, director, fashion designer Years active 1996–present Partner(s) Kim Kardashian (2012–present; engaged) Children North West (2013) Musical career Genres Hip hop Instruments Vocals, keyboards, sampler, percussion, synthesizer Labels Very GOOD Beats, Roc-A-Fella, Def Jam Associated acts Child Rebel Soldier, Common, Go-Getters, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Mike Dean, Mos Def, No I.D., Talib Kweli Website [1] Official website Kanye Omari West (/ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer, film director, and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois. West first gained prominence as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records; he achieved recognition for his work on rapper Jay-Z's The Blueprint (2001), as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used high-pitched vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. He later broadened his influences to include 1970s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, industrial, and classical music. West was raised in a middle-class household in Chicago, Illinois, and began rapping in the third grade, becoming involved in the city's hip hop scene. West attended art school for one semester before dropping out to pursue music Kanye West 2 entirely in the late 1990s.
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