Donda West

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author educator human university professor

Donda West was an American educator and the mother of rapper Kanye West, known for her influential role in his life and career.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	author → educator → human → university professor →
academicDiscipline	English →
birthName	Donda C. Williams →
burialPlace	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States →
causeOfDeath	complications from cosmetic surgery →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1949-07-12 →
dateOfDeath	2007-11-10 →
educatedAt	Atlanta University → Virginia Union University →
employer	Chicago State University →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	West →
fieldOfWork	English literature → higher education →
genre	memoir →
givenName	Donda →
hasChild	Kanye West →
hasPartInTitle	Donda →
influenced	Kanye West →
inspiredWork	Donda (album by Kanye West) → Hey Mama (song by Kanye West) →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	faculty of Chicago State University →
motherOf	Kanye West →
name	Donda West →
notableFor	being the mother of rapper Kanye West →
notableRole	mentor and manager in early career of Kanye West →
notableWork	Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar →
occupation	author → educator → professor →
placeOfBirth	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States →
placeOfDeath	Los Angeles, California, United States →
positionHeld	Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University →
relative	Kanye West →
religion	Christianity →
residence	Chicago, Illinois, United States →
sexOrGender	female →
spouse	Ray West →
workLocation	Chicago, Illinois, United States →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chicago West → North West → Psalm West → Psalm West →	paternalGrandmother
Donda → Donda 2 →	namedAfter
Hey Mama →	dedicatedTo
Donda →	inspiredBy
Hey Mama →	isTributeTo
Donda West →	name
Ray West →	spouse