Amoeba Music

By David Downs

Chicago-based rap artist and prolific Hip Hop producer Kanye West became an iconic force in popular music in the 2000s by combining the contemporary rap tropes of rampant consumerism and Apollonian posturing with erudite, philosophical wordplay unpopular in rap since the '80s and early '90s. The child of a former Black Panther and a prestigious English Literature professor, West's masterful production skills earned him access to major rapper Jay-Z and his label Roc-A-Fella, as well as dozens of the world's top artists. But it was West's lyrics - contradictory thought investigations confronting stereotypes of and by black culture - that won him international fans far outside the... Read More

City Of Origin:

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Genre:

Hip Hop, Southern

Birthdate:

06/08/1977