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Kanye West

CAP D'ANTIBES, FRANCE - MAY 24: (L-R) Hermann Buhlbecker and Kanye West arrive at the 2012 amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS during the 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Hotel Du Cap on May 24, 2012 in Cap D'Antibes, France.

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  • BET Awards 2012: Kanye West gets 7 nominations

    a family affair at the upcoming BET Awards: Kanye West has the most nominations with seven, while his mentor, Jay-Z, earned five, and Jay-Z's wife, Beyonc, received six.Jay-Z and West collaborated last year on the album "Watch the Throne." Their songs "In   Read more »

  • FACEBOOK IPO LIVE: The social network goes public

    along with news about the possible retirement of Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood and "Cruel Summer," the name of Kanye West's short file that will debut at the Cannes Film Festival .The IPO was No. 2 in trending Google searches, right after the death of disco queen   Read more »

  • Kanye West to debut short film at Cannes festival

    -- Kanye West will debut a short film titled "Cruel Summer" at the Cannes Film Festival.The rapper announced Friday that he'll present the film on Wednesday at the French festival. West and his creative collective DONDA will screen the "short art film" out   Read more »

  • 'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' gets three more seasons on E!

    to these spinoffs, yesterday's deal does not specify how many more will be made.The network would also not say whether musician Kanye West would be included in the series. West and Kim Kardashian have been seen together lately amid reports that they are a   Read more »

  • Kim Kardashian and Kanye West hold hands at Chanel event

    Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are dating together for publicity -- it's working.The reality starlet and rapper have refused to confirm they're a couple, but they arrived hand-in-hand at Chanel's seventh annual artists dinner at the Tribeca Film Festival Tuesday   Read more »

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About Kanye West

Kanye Omari West ( /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, and classical music.

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