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Kanye West

(1977) Director United States

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Kanye West is a director from the United States, best known for Kanye West.

Quick Facts About Kanye West

Born: June 8, 1977
Nationality: United States
Profession: Director
Notable works: Kanye West
Spouse: Kim Kardashian

About Kanye West

He has been listed among the greatest rappers of all time and is noted for influencing artists who avoid gangsta rap conventions. He is also known for his outspoken cultural and political commentary.

Awards & Honors

Grammy Award for Best Rap Song Grammy Award for Best Rap Album Grammy Award for Best R&B Song Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance BET Award for Best Group BET Award for Best New Artist BET Award for Video of the Year American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Album

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American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist Billboard Music Award for Top Rap Artist BET Award for Best Male Hip-Hop Artist

Quotes by Kanye West · Page 19

I'm pretty calculating. I take stuff that I know appeals to people's bad sides and match it up with stuff that appeals…

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Imagine if I didn't have the ends, I wouldn't have so many imaginary friends.

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They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about…

Jesus

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If I don't get ran out by Catholics, here come some conservative Baptists. Claiming he overreacting.

Baptists

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Real nigga back in the house again. Black Timbs all on your couch again. Black dick all in your spouse again. And…

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Coke on her black skin made a stripe like a zebra, I call that jungle fever.

Black skin

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If you don't make Christmas presents, meaning making something that's so emotionally connected to people, don't talk to me.

Christmas

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The concept of Kimye has more cultural significance than what Page Six could write.

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I'm always fighting either to have a house work with us or to head a house. It's a lifestyle I can totally…

Always fighting

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I was on the junior team when I was a freshman, that's how good I was. But I wasn't on my eighth-grade…

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I've been connected to the most culturally important albums of the past four years, the most influential artists of the past ten…

Albums

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I believe that bad taste is vulgar. It's like cursing. I think the world can be saved through design, because what is…

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I think my sense of humor is really dark and super twisted and stuff like that. It's like, "Is this a funny…

Comedy

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When I go raw, I like to leave it in. When I wake up, I like to go again. When I go…

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She said, "'Ye can we get married at the mall?" I said, "Look, you need to crawl 'fore you ball Come and…

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Here's something that's contrary to popular belief: I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot.…

Belief

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Sunday morning, Praise the Lord. You the girl that Jesus had been saving me for. So lets savor this moment, and take…

Morning

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We ain't got nothing to lose motherfucker we rollin', Ha? motherfucker we rollin' With some light skinned girls and some Kelly Rowland's.

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To be a visionary, all you have to do is make decisions based off of your eyes instead of your ears and…

Decision

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“there's leaders, and there's followers...but I'd rather be a d*ck than a swallower”

Followers

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A lot of artists have a lot of different ventures, I think it's typical for a hip hop artist, at this point,…

Art

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We have the ability to approach our race like ants, or we have the ability to approach our race like crabs.

Ability

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It's funny because I've made a living off of words, but words get in the way of what you really want to…

Funny

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We culture. Rap is the new rock 'n roll. We the rockstars. It's been like that for a minute, Hedi Slimane!

Culture

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Keep your nose out the sky, keep your heart to god, and keep your face to the raising sun.

Heart

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Yeah and Im cold b**ch, please try to keep the door closed. Lanvin thousand dollar tee with no logos. Let me show…

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I wanna explain something about the title 'Yeezus', simply put 'West' was my slave name and 'Yeezus' is my God name.

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The most genius thing about the way I create is to create with other geniuses.

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People say I've got a bad reputation. I think I've got the best reputation in the building.

Bad reputation

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Praises due to the most high, Allah Praises due to the most fly, Prada Baby Im magic, Tadah!

Islam

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You see the hate that they're serving on a platter. So what we gon have, dessert or disaster.

Haters

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I love the fact that I'm bad at [things], you know what I'm saying? I'm forever the 35-year-old 5-year-old. I'm forever the…

Facts

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I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be…

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Let's have a toast for the douchebags, Let's have a toast for the assholes, Let's have a toast for the scumbags, Every…

Food

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Since when was making art about getting rich, and I know it's easy for me to say because having money's not everything…

Art

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Criticism can bother you, but you should be more bothered if there’s no criticism. That means you’re too safe

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I just talked to Jesus, he said 'what up Yeezus?' I said 'Shit I'm chilling, trying to stack these millions.'

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Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger, but she ain't messin' wit no broke nigga.

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I'm a let you finish, but the French Revolution had the best severed heads of ALL TIME.

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There would have been no Beats deal without the Samsung deal. It showed the number one company the importance of connecting with…

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