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Born in Atlanta, this rapper and producer moved to Chicago with his mother when he was 3 years old. He's considered to be one of the most commercially successful "back-pack" rappers. West has said he was largely influenced by Wu-Tang member RZA. The first major label song he produced was Jay-Z's "This Can't Be Life," featuring West's signature sound of taking old, soul samples, speeding them up, and adding his own drum sounds and other instruments. In 2001, he broke out as a producer, largely because his sound was all over Jay-Z's critically-acclaimed "The Blueprint." In October 2002, West survived a car accident after falling asleep at the wheel of his car. He recorded "Through The Wire" about two weeks a...
Born in Atlanta, this rapper and producer moved to Chicago with his mother when he was 3 years old. He's considered to be one of the most commercially successful "back-pack" rappers. West has said he was largely influenced by Wu-Tang member RZA. The first major label song he produced was Jay-Z's "This Can't Be Life," featuring West's signature sound of taking old, soul samples, speeding them up, and adding his own drum sounds and other instruments. In 2001, he broke out as a producer, largely because his sound was all over Jay-Z's critically-acclaimed "The Blueprint." In October 2002, West survived a car accident after falling asleep at the wheel of his car. He recorded "Through The Wire" about two weeks after the accident with his jaws wired shut. It was featured on his debut album, "College Dropout," released in February 2004, on Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella Records. The Grammy-nominated album sold more than 3 million copies. In August 2005, West released his highly-anticipated follow up "Late Registration," which sold more than 860,000 in its first week. In September 2007 he released "Graduation," which sold more than 950,000 copies in its first week.
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Kanye West offers a fashion show within a show
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterON DAY 1 of Paris Fashion Week, Grammy-winning rapper Kanye West was kicking it in the front row at Louis Vuitton, kitted out in a teal T-shirt, khakis and a denim jacket accessorized with a Michael Jackson button and a chunky red Lego heart. What...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Michael Jackson, Book, LEGO Group
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Get ready to sweat—house music filling the weekend
Chicago Tribune reporterHouse music is shining its light on Chicago's South Side this holiday weekend. From music in the park to a performance by the legendary Loleatta Holloway in the South Side's Marmon Grand Ballroom, old-school house heads and new recruits should pack an...Tags: Bars, Music, Mary J Blige, New York, Hunting
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Christian Lander knows the Stuff White People Like
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJuly 4, 2008 Two white people walk into a bar, a badly lit Culver City saloon called the Backstage whose interior design could be summed up as one pool table, a no-frills photo booth and some scattered neon. Blondie and the Rolling Stones belt out of...Tags: Interior Design, Google Inc., Anthropology, Los Angeles, Barack Obama
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Kanye walks - in LV
L.A. Gear cornered the light-up shoe market back in the '90s. Now Kanye West—he of the Glow in the Dark Tour--may be getting into the shoe business himself. While the Chicago rapper's creations probably aren't going to actually glow (that we know of),... -
Jay-Zinger!
Remember when Noel Gallagher of Oasis scoffed at the announcement of Jay-Z headlining the Glastonbury Festival in England? Well, Jay didn't forget—and he performed his own rendition of Oasis' "Wonderwall." "That's my sense of humor," Jay-Z told MTV....Tags: Soccer, Amy Winehouse, Jay-Z
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Estelle shines in U.S. debut
Associated PressNever underestimate the creativity of a rapper-singer scorned. British artist Estelle, who recently introduced herself to American audiences with the buzz-heavy single "American Boy" featuring Kanye West, credits four years of crazy men and another...Tags: Music, Audrey Hepburn, Mary J Blige, Grace Jones, Amy Winehouse
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T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Barack Obama rule the BET Awards
T-Pain and Lil Wayne have owned the music scene over the past year: It seems as if T-Pain's voice has accented half the hits on urban radio, while Lil Wayne, another ubiquitous collaborator, has appeared on the rest.
In addition, Lil Wayne just this...Tags: Kobe Bryant, Lil Kim, Queen Latifah, Chris Brown, Usher
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Kanye rails about criticism from Bonnaroo festival
Kanye West defended himself from criticism over his delayed performance at Bonnaroo, saying on his blog that the flak he's taken has left him "the most offended I've ever been."
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Mad man
Kanye West is angry that people are criticizing his controversial two-hour-late arrival on the Bonnaroo stage earlier this month. He posted a blog at kanyeuniversecity.com in his defense. "I am sick of negative people who just sit around trying 2 plot my... -
Kanye says boo to Bonnaroo
By RedEye Kanye West is angry that people are criticizing his controversial two-hour-late arrival on the Bonnaroo stage earlier this month. He posted a blog at kanyeuniversecity.com in his defense. "I am sick of negative people who just sit around...
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