Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia.
His first official production credits came at the age of nineteen when he produced eight tracks on Down to Earth, the 1996 debut album of a Chicago rapper named Grav.
In 1998, West was the first person signed by Gee Roberson and Kyambo "Hip Hop" Joshuato to management-production company Hip Hop Since 1978.
Following the highly publicised incident, West took a brief break from music and threw himself into fashion.
West provided the voice for "Kenny West", a rapper, in the animated sitcom The Cleveland Show.
In 2004, West had his first of a number of public incidents during his attendance at music award events.
West is dating reality television star Kim Kardashian, with whom he had already been long-time friends.
West and Kardashian became engaged in October 2013, and married at Fort di Belvedere in Florence on May 24, 2014.
After four kids and nearly seven years of marriage, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West decided to split from each other in early 2021.
Kanye West net worth is $7. Kanye West is a self-made billionaire.