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Kanye West - "God show me the way because the Devil trying to break me down "
Kanye West, vocals,
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Kanye West at Live 8
Kanye West (pronounced Kahn-yay) (born June 8, 1977
in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American music producer and rapper from Chicago,
[[Illinois], originally from Nigeria.
Previously best known for producing hit singles for Alicia Keys, Jay-Z,
and Ludacris, Kanye West himself worked on a solo album for a long period
of time, having the release pushed back time and time again. A car crash
in October 2002 left his jaw fractured in three places. With Kanye's mouth
still wired shut and only weeks after having an encounter with death,
Kanye West began recording "Through The Wire," reliving his
near-fatal accident. "Through The Wire", which sampled Chaka
Khan's classic track "Through The Fire", would eventually become
his lead single off The College Dropout in 2004, released on Roc-a-Fella
Records. Kanye's album received almost universal acclaim for its balance
of mainstream commercial appeal and conscious (at times verging on Afrocentric)
lyrics, along with Kanye's signature style of sampling 70's R&B/Soul
tracks.
Kanye West has also collaborated with rapper Twista, on songs such as
"Overnight Celebrity" and "Slow Jamz" - featuring
Jamie Foxx) - which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.
Kanye West also features on Brandy's single, "Talk About Our Love".
Some of the many other artists he has worked with include Jay-Z,
Talib Kweli, Dilated Peoples, Mariah Carey
and John Legend.
In 2005, Kanye West received ten Grammy Award nominations, making him
the most nominated artist of 2005. He received two nominations in the
Album of the Year category, one for The College Dropout, and one for his
work on Alicia Keys' album The Diary of
Alicia Keys. His work with pop icon Janet Jackson also earned him a nomination
for her single I Want You, produced by West, which was nominated for Best
Female R&B Vocal Performance.
At the 47th Annual Grammy Awards ceremony held on February 13, 2005, Kanye
won Best Rap Album for his album The College Dropout and Best Rap Song
for his single "Jesus Walks". Somewhat surprisingly, he did
not go home with the Best New Artist Grammy (which instead went to Maroon
5); this snub was a repeat of the shut-out he received at the 2004 American
Music Awards, where he lost to Gretchen Wilson.
Kanye West has also started his own clothing line, Pastel and his own
record label - G.O.O.D. Music (acronym for Getting Out Our Dreams), which
has already released John Legend's platinum selling debut album - Get
Lifted and Common's latest album - "Be". Other artists on his
label include Keyshia Cole, GLC, Consequence, Tom Borghard, and Farnsworth
Bentley.
Kanye West is currently finishing his follow-up studio album, Late Registration,
due for release on August 16th,2005. Kanye recently released the first
single from this album - "Diamonds (from Sierra Leone)", which
contains a sample from the James Bond theme "Diamonds Are Forever"
performed by Shirley Bassey. The song is a direct reference to conflict
diamonds where Sierra Leone is one of two nations involved.
In 2004, Kanye West appeared on MTV's prank show, Punk'd. Ashton Kutcher
tricked Kanye into thinking that his music video shoot for the song "Jesus
Walks" was censored by the Los Angeles Film Commission due to a "rule"
about filming on Sundays without an permit. To the audience's amusement,
Kanye West stole back the music video footage from them and then jumped
into his van for his safety.
This article about Kanye West is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation
License. It uses material from this Wikipedia
article.
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Bands that played Live 8 US
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Eyed Peas
Bon Jovi
Dave Matthews Band
Def Leppard
Destiny's Child
Jars of Clay
Kaiser Chiefs
Toby Keith
Alicia Keys
Linkin Park
Maroon 5
Sarah McLachlan
Will Smith
Rob Thomas
Keith Urban
Kanye West
JayZ
Stevie Wonder
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