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.

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Label Occurrences
Donda West canonical 17

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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 Clark Atlanta University ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Donda (album by Kanye West)

Hey Mama ⓘ
surface form: Hey Mama (song by Kanye West)
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf faculty of Chicago State University ⓘ
motherOf Kanye West ⓘ
name Donda West self-link ⓘ
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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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North West → paternalGrandmother → Donda West ⓘ
Psalm West → paternalGrandmother → Donda West ⓘ
Donda → namedAfter → Donda West ⓘ
Donda → inspiredBy → Donda West ⓘ
Chicago West → paternalGrandmother → Donda West ⓘ
Hey Mama → dedicatedTo → Donda West ⓘ
Hey Mama → isTributeTo → Donda West ⓘ
Donda West → name → Donda West self-link ⓘ
Ray West → spouse → Donda West ⓘ
Psalm → paternalGrandmother → Donda West ⓘ
subject surface form: Psalm West
Donda 2 → namedAfter → Donda West ⓘ
Kanye West's mother → name → Donda West ⓘ
subject surface form: Donda West
Kanye West's mother → childOf → Donda West ⓘ
subject surface form: Kanye West
Kanye West's mother → spouse → Donda West ⓘ
subject surface form: Ray West
Donda C. Williams → alsoKnownAs → Donda West ⓘ
Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar → author → Donda West ⓘ
Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar → about → Donda West ⓘ