Kanye West Biography

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the most wanted producers when the album reached the top position of The Billboard 200. This huge achievement apparently did not make him satisfied for he then looked forward to develop another career as a singer. Nevertheless, the process was not easy for he had to face rejection from many record companies due to his appearance and overall style.

Supported by Kyambo "Hip-Hop" Joshua and G. Roberson who are the heads of a production and management company named Hip-Hop Since 1978, Kanye finally was signed to Jay-Z's Roc-A-Fella as a recording artist. Unfortunately, before he could move further to complete the materials for his debut album, a tragic incident happened to him on October 23, 2002. Almost lost his life in a car crash, he was brought to the hospital with a broken jaw. Since it was fractured in three places, his mouth had to be wired shut for a period of time. Despite sinking in deep trauma, he utilized the awful experience as the inspiration for "Through the Wire." Featured a sample of Chaka Khan's classic track "Through The Fire" (1984), this song was put together with other 20 tracks which formed "The College Dropout." In the meantime, he ...

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kept giving contribution as a producer in Talib Kweli's "Get By", Ludacris' "Stand Up", Jay-Z's "'03 Bonnie & Clyde", and Alicia Keys' "You Don't Know My Name".

After a frequent delay, "The College Dropout" made its way to touch the market on February 10, 2004. The result was beyond Kanye's expectation as this first album sold for 440,000 copies in its first week, garnering two times Platinum plus huge praise from both critics and fans. Furthermore, it quickly went to the second rank of The Billboard 200 while its three singles, namely "Through The Wire", "Jesus Walks", and "All Falls Down" gloriously entered the top 20 of Billboard Hot 100 chart. This superb achievement led him to collect 10 nominations at the 47th annual Grammy Awards held in early 2005. He later won three of them in the category of Best Rap Album for "The College Dropout", Best Rap Song for "Jesus Walks", and Best R&B Song in the songwriting credit on Keys' "You Don't Know My Name." Still in the same year, he also scored another success through his collaboration with Twista and Jamie Foxx in "Slow Jamz." The single became a huge hit across the country, rocketing to ...