1. Grammy Awards Of Kanye West
He has won over 24 Grammys. Kanye West has gained distinction not just for music, but for fashion design and many more. Apart from Grammy Awards, he has also received over a hundred different musical awards for his talent and work. He has also been recognized by the People’s Choice and Teen Choice awards. This also includes his records for foreign performances, namely in the UK and Australia.
2. The Original Name Of The Album” Jesus Is King”
West officially announced the album title as Yandhi in 2018, before changing it to Jesus Is King during production. Released in 2019, Jesus is King is the ninth studio album that Kanye West has sold through GOOD Music records. This album also follows heavy Christian themes and the artist describes it as an “expression of the gospel”.
3. Kanye West Presented Himself As A Christian Artist
In 2019Kanye West has spoken out about his views in life numerous times to the public. One of these is his conversion to the Christian faith which also led him to shortly release a line of Christian merchandise. Despite many negative comments from fans and critics, he stated that he has rebranded himself and his music as a born-again Christian.
4. Most Followed Celebrity
Kanye West is one of the most followed celebrities on Twitter. Kanye West began his Twitter account in 2010 and on the same day he performed for the staff of Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Twitter considers celebrities as an important part of the Twitter ecosystem as they have the power to attract more users and followers. As of 2020, Kanye West currently has over 30 million followers on his Twitter account which is one of the highest follower bases among musical celebrities.
5. Workaholic
On many occasions, Kanye West has put his work above everything else as his top priority. During his hospitalization in 2002 after a tragic car accident, Kanye West requested a makeshift studio in his hospital room. On a similar occasion, he was hospitalized again in 2016 for a mental breakdown. However, despite his wife’s and doctor’s advice to stay in bed and rest, he would continuously work from his hospital room.
6. The Reason Behind His Album Is The College Dropout
The album ‘The College Drop-out’ was named after he dropped out of college. Kanye released The College Dropout as his debut studio album in February 2004. The album took four years for Kanye West to finish and spans a total of 76.13 minutes long. Within its first week of release, The College Dropout took the second spot on the US Billboard 200 and sold over 441,000 copies. The album is described to be humorous and emotional.
7. An Adult Film Actor
Kanye West once stated he thought about becoming an adult film actor. Before he was able to make it as a successful music producer and artist, Kanye West stated that he once considered becoming a porn star. In an interview, he also stated that Playboy Magazine was also his gateway to porn addiction and helped him cope with his mother’s death in 2007.
However, since early 2019, Kanye West states that his Christian faith helped him fight the addiction which led him to focus better on his career. Since then, he has also focused on creating more gospel-appropriate music and less vulgar lyrics.
8. Kanye’s Mom’s Whereabouts
During Kanye West’s early childhood, his mother worked as an English professor at Clark Atlanta University. After moving to Chicago, she became the Chair of the English Department at the Chicago State University where Kanye West dropped out shortly after. After retiring from her work as a university professor, she then became Kanye West’s manager.
After the death of his mother, Kanye West honoured her memory by dedicating the song Hey Mama to her. Since then, West has performed it live on several occasions in honour of her memory. The artist stated that he had a close relationship with his mother and found it very difficult to cope with the loss. On several occasions, Kanye West has also been known to cry on stage while performing the song.
9. He Was Arrested
Kanye West was accused of stealing printers from OfficeMax
despite already being a successful music producer at the time. Police state
that they were given descriptions of the suspect that closely matched with
Kanye West’s profile at the time.
After further investigation, Kanye West was set free after crossing out the possibility of mistaken identity. Police also found no other evidence apart from the witness description to tie Kanye West to the incident.
10. The First Artist To Go Platinum From Music Streams
Kanye West was certified for platinum after the release of his The Life of Pablo album. Since its release, it has been streamed over 3 billion times worldwide where 1.5 billion of the streams come from the United States. This makes it the first album to be an RIAA- certified platinum for music streaming alone.
11. Greatest Hits
The song “Stronger” was one of Kanye West’s greatest hits.
The song is the second track on the 2007 album Graduation
which talks about Kanye West’s struggles. Kanye West talks about his frustrations
during the past year before the release of the track and states how he moved on
and became stronger from these experiences.
Several weeks later after its release, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 and later on became the world’s third number-one single. It also was a top ten single in 10 countries and topped the charts in four of them.
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