Kanye West

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American musician entrepreneur fashion designer human rapper record producer songwriter

Kanye West is an influential American rapper, producer, and fashion designer known for reshaping hip-hop and popular music with his innovative, genre-blending albums and outspoken public persona.

Aliases (7)

Kanye Omari West ×4
Kanye ×2
Kanye West & Common (executive producers) ×1
Kanye West (Ye) (via Def Jam/GOOD Music, historically) ×1
Kanye West featuring Common ×1
Kanye West – Ye ×1
Yeezy (fashion brand) ×1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American musician → entrepreneur → fashion designer → human → rapper → record producer → songwriter →
alias	Ye →
awardReceived	Grammy Award →
birthName	Kanye Omari West →
coCreated	Watch the Throne →
coCreatedWith	Jay-Z →
collaboratedWith	Bon Iver → Jay-Z → Kid Cudi → Pusha T → Rihanna →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1977-06-08 →
debutStudioAlbum	The College Dropout →
education	attended American Academy of Art, Chicago → attended Chicago State University →
electionParticipatedIn	2020 United States presidential election →
familyName	West →
genre	alternative hip hop → experimental hip hop → hip hop → pop rap →
givenName	Kanye →
hasChild	Chicago West → North West → Psalm West → Saint West →
influencedBy	Jay-Z → No I.D. → RZA →
influencedGenre	hip hop → pop music →
involvedIn	Yeezy (fashion brand) →
knownFor	Yeezy sneaker line with Adidas → innovative, genre-blending production → outspoken public persona →
marriageEnd	2022 →
marriageStart	2014-05-24 →
notableAchievement	one of the most Grammy-awarded hip hop artists →
notableWork	808s & Heartbreak → Donda → Graduation → Jesus Is King → Late Registration → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → The College Dropout → The Life of Pablo → Watch the Throne → Ye → Yeezus →
occupation	entrepreneur → fashion designer → rapper → record producer → singer → songwriter →
placeOfBirth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States →
raisedIn	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
ranFor	President of the United States →
recordLabelFounded	GOOD Music →
religion	Christianity →
spouse	Kim Kardashian →
stageName	Ye →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
808s & Heartbreak → Addiction → All Falls Down → All Mine → All of the Lights → Amazing → Bad News → Believe What I Say → Blame Game → Bring Me Down → Can't Tell Me Nothing → Clique → Closed on Sunday → Cold (GOOD Music song) → Coldest Winter → Come to Life → Crack Music → Dark Fantasy → Devil in a New Dress → Diamonds from Sierra Leone → Diamonds from Sierra Leone (Remix) → Donda → Donda 2 → Drive Slow → Drunk and Hot Girls → Every Hour → Everything I Am → Everything We Need → FML → Fade → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → Flashing Lights → Follow God → Freestyle 4 → Ghost Town → God Breathed → Gold Digger → Gone → Good Life → Gorgeous → Gotta Have It → Graduation → Hands On → Heard 'Em Say → Heartless → Hell of a Life → Hey Mama → Highlights → H•A•M → I Thought About Killing You → I Wonder → Jail pt 2 → Jesus Is King → Jesus Lord pt 2 → Jesus Walks → Junya pt 2 → Keep My Spirit Alive → Late Registration → Late Registration → Lift Off → Lord I Need You → Lost in the World → Love Lockdown → Made in America → Monster (Kanye West song) → Murder to Excellence → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → My Way Home → New Again → New Day → New God Flow → Niggas in Paris → No Child Left Behind → No Church in the Wild → No Mistakes → Off the Grid → Ok Ok pt 2 → On God → Otis → Paranoid → Power → Pure Souls → Real Friends → Remote Control → RoboCop → Roses → Runaway → Say You Will → See You in My Nightmares → Selah → Slow Jamz → So Appalled → Street Lights → Stronger → That's My Bitch → The College Dropout → The Glory → The Life of Pablo → The New Workout Plan → Through the Wire → Touch the Sky → Ultralight Beam → Use This Gospel → Violent Crimes → Watch the Throne → Water (song) → Waves → We Major → Welcome to Heartbreak → Welcome to the Jungle → Who Gon Stop Me → Who Will Survive in America → Why I Love You → Wolves → Wouldn't Leave → Ye → Yeezus →	artist
808s & Heartbreak → 808s & Heartbreak → Addiction → All Falls Down → All Mine → All of the Lights → Amazing → Bad News → Believe What I Say → Blame Game → Bring Me Down → Can't Tell Me Nothing → Clique → Closed on Sunday → Cold (GOOD Music song) → Coldest Winter → Come to Life → Crack Music → Dark Fantasy → Devil in a New Dress → Diamonds from Sierra Leone → Donda → Drive Slow → Drunk and Hot Girls → Everything I Am → Everything We Need → FML → Fade → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 1 → Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 → Finally Famous → Flashing Lights → Follow God → Freestyle 4 → Get Lifted → Ghost Town → God Breathed → Gold Digger → Gone → Good Life → Good Life → Gorgeous → Gotta Have It → Graduation → Hands On → Heard 'Em Say → Heartless → Hell of a Life → Hey Mama → Highlights → H•A•M → I Don't Like (remix) → I Thought About Killing You → I Wonder → Jail pt 2 → Jesus Is King → Jesus Lord pt 2 → Jesus Walks → Jesus Walks → Junya pt 2 → Keep My Spirit Alive → Late Registration → Late Registration → Lift Off → Lord I Need You → Lost in the World → Love Lockdown → Made in America → Mercy → Murder to Excellence → My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy → New Again → New Day →	performer
88-Keys → BJ the Chicago Kid → Bad News → Boi-1da → Bon Iver → Brandy → Chance the Rapper → Chancelor Johnathan Bennett → Charlie Heat → Clipse → Common → Common → Common Sense → D'banj → DJ Toomp → Desiigner → Digital Nas → Don Toliver → Francis Farewell Starlite → Francis and the Lights → Good Life → Hudson Mohawke → Illangelo → Jay-Z → John Legend → Jon Brion → Just Blaze → Justin Vernon → Kacy Hill → Kid Cudi → Lex Luger → Lil Wayne → Lupe Fiasco → Nottz → Pusha T → Ronny J → Sheck Wes → Southside → Terrence LeVarr Thornton → The New Workout Plan → Travis Scott → Twista → Ty Dolla Sign →	associatedAct
All Mine → Bad News → Believe What I Say → Coldest Winter → Come to Life → Dark Fantasy → Devil in a New Dress → Drunk and Hot Girls → Every Hour → FML → Follow God → Freestyle 4 → Ghost Town → Good Life → Gorgeous → Hands On → Heard 'Em Say → Hell of a Life → Highlights → Keep My Spirit Alive → Murder to Excellence → New Again → No Child Left Behind → No Mistakes → Off the Grid → Power → Pure Souls → Remote Control → RoboCop → Runaway → Street Lights → The Life of Pablo → Ultralight Beam → Use This Gospel → Waves → Wouldn't Leave →	composer
All Mine → Bad News → Coldest Winter → Come to Life → Dark Fantasy → Devil in a New Dress → Drunk and Hot Girls → Every Hour → FML → Follow God → Freestyle 4 → Ghost Town → Good Life → Gorgeous → Hands On → Heard 'Em Say → Hell of a Life → Highlights → Keep My Spirit Alive → Murder to Excellence → New Again → New Day → No Mistakes → Off the Grid → Power → Pure Souls → Remote Control → RoboCop → Runaway → Street Lights → That's My Bitch → Ultralight Beam → Use This Gospel → Waves → Wouldn't Leave →	lyricist
Be → Be → Clique → Daytona → Doggumentary → Finding Forever → Follow God → H•A•M → It's Almost Dry → K.T.S.E. → King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude → Mercy → Number One → Shine → The Blueprint → The People →	featuresArtist
Brian "All Day" Miller → Cashmere Cat → Charlie Heat → Che Smith → Derrick Milano → Estelle Swaray → Evidence → Francis Farewell Starlite → GLC → Gesaffelstein → Malik Yusef → Miri Ben-Ari → Mr Hudson → Takashi Murakami → Terrence LeVarr Thornton →	collaboratedWith
Big Sean → Consequence → CyHi the Prynce → Fivio Foreign → GLC → GOOD Music → Kacy Hill → Malik Yusef → Sunday Service Choir → Valee →	associatedWith
Be → Be → Daytona → It's Almost Dry → K.T.S.E. → King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude → Yeezus →	executiveProducer
American Boy → American Boy → Coloring Book → It’s Over (feat. Kanye West) → Southside → Tell the Vision → Unpredictable →	featuredArtist
All Falls Down → Amazing → Can't Tell Me Nothing → Drunk and Hot Girls → Good Life →	albumArtist
Chicago West → North West → Psalm West → Psalm West → Saint West →	father
Chance the Rapper → Drake → Kid Cudi → Post Malone → Travis Scott →	influencedBy
Flashing Lights → Jail pt 2 → Junya pt 2 → Wouldn't Leave →	hasMainArtist
Cruel Summer → Go! → Jail pt 2 → Ok Ok pt 2 →	hasProducer
Donda West → Jay-Z → Kid Cudi → No I.D. →	influenced
Kanye West ("Kanye Omari West") → Kanye West ("Kanye Omari West") → Ye ("Kanye Omari West") →	birthName
No Child Left Behind → No Mistakes → Ok Ok pt 2 →	creditedArtist
Everything I Am → Junya pt 2 → My Way Home ("Kanye West featuring Common") →	creditedTo
American Boy → Murder to Excellence → New God Flow →	featuresRapper
Flashing Lights → Niggas in Paris → Slow Jamz →	musicVideoDirector
Bink! → Mike Dean → Rodney Jerkins →	notableWorkWith
That's My Bitch → Welcome to the Jungle →	collaborationBetween
Off the Grid → Use This Gospel →	creditedWriter
Off the Grid → Who Gon Stop Me →	featuresRappingBy
GOOD Music → Getting Out Our Dreams →	foundedBy
Sunday Service Choir → Yeezy →	founder
Kanye West ("Kanye") → Kanye West ("Kanye") →	givenName
Cruel Summer → GOOD Music →	hasArtist
Donda West → Ray West →	hasChild
Hit-Boy → Vic Mensa →	hasCollaboratedWith
Press Play → The Hip-Hop Violinist →	hasGuestArtist
J Dilla → Public Enemy →	hasInfluenced
Kids See Ghosts → West family →	hasMember
Clique → Gone →	hasVerseBy
Chris Milk → Jake Nava →	hasWorkedWith
Every Hour → Jail pt 2 →	musicBy
Def Jam Recordings → Roc-A-Fella Records →	notableArtist
Ye →	alsoKnownAs
Donda 2 →	announcedBy
Dark Fantasy →	associatedArtist
Yeezy →	associatedPerson
Jesus Lord pt 2 →	associatedWithArtist
Tony Williams →	collaboratesWith
That's My Bitch →	containsRappingBy
Welcome to the Jungle →	contributingVocalist
Daytona →	coProducer
Cruel Summer →	creator
God Breathed →	creditedProducer
Father Stretch My Hands, Pt. 2 →	creditedSongwriter
Willo Perron →	designedFor
Yeezy →	designLead
Hype Williams →	directedMusicVideoFor
Jesus Walks →	director
K.T.S.E. →	executiveProducedBy
Wolves →	featuresInMusicVideo
Southside →	guestAppearanceBy
Pure Souls →	hasAlbumArtist
Touch the Sky →	hasChorusVocal
T-Pain →	hasCollaboration
070 Shake →	hasCollaborationWith
Francis and the Lights →	hasCollaborator
Jail pt 2 →	hasComposer
We Major →	hasContributor
GOOD Music →	hasExecutive
It’s Over (feat. Kanye West) →	hasFeaturedArtist
West family →	hasHeadOfFamily
Big Sean →	hasInfluence
Say You Will →	hasLivePerformanceBy
Jail pt 2 →	hasLyricist
Francis and the Lights →	hasMusicVideoFeaturing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago →	hasNotableAlumni
Getting Out Our Dreams →	hasNotableArtist
Grammy Award for Best Rap Song →	hasNotableMultipleWinners
GOOD Music ("Kanye West – Ye") →	hasNotableRelease
It’s Over (feat. Kanye West) →	hasPerformer
Remote Control →	hasPrimaryArtist
Made in America →	hasRapContribution
Humanitarian Award →	hasRecipient
Ray West →	hasRelative
New Day ("Kanye Omari West") →	hasSongwriter
West family →	hasSpouseInFamily
Southside →	hasVocalContribution
Go! →	hasWriter
Wolves →	initialVersionFeatures
Kanye West ("Yeezy (fashion brand)") →	involvedIn
Through the Wire →	isBreakthroughWorkOf
Ok Ok pt 2 →	isRecordedBy
Sunday Service Choir →	leader
Daytona →	mainProducer
Ye →	mainSongwriter
2012 Grammy Awards →	majorWinner
Donda West →	motherOf
Flashing Lights →	musicalArtist
Touch the Sky →	musicVideoPerformer
Kanye West →	name
Universal Music Group ("Kanye West (Ye) (via Def Jam/GOOD Music, historically)") →	notableArtistRosterIncludes
West family →	notableMember
Roc-A-Fella Records →	notableProducer
Khloé Kardashian →	notableRelative
Grammy Award for Best Rap Album →	notableWinner