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His full name is Jane Kanye Omari west

Kanye west is 45 years old he was born in Atlanta on June,8,1977 to ray and Donda west

in Swahili the name Kanye is translated to mean the only one

His mother was an English professor and her profession took Kanye all the way to China where she taught for a little over a year

While driving home in 2002 he was involved in a bad car accident he almost died sustaining very bad injuries

During his recovery in the hospital he confirmed to produce music using an electronic drum kit and other equipment

The holiday season doesn’t seem to stop Kanye west from working either and on New Year’s Eve 2015 he released a single called facts

Before he recorded his own songs he produced music for other stars including Jay z more than half of the tracks in Jay z’s the blueprint album were produced by Kanye west

Kanye’s album the college drop out was aptly named after he dropped out of Chicago state university

Billboard ranked him 3rd on the list of producers from the decade in 2010

He stated that Fiona Apple was one of his favorite artist and he wanted to become the rap version of her

Some of his nicknames included the Louis Vuitton don and Yeezy

More than 50% of his tracks have been the result of a collaboration with other artists

He was engaged to Alexis phifer a fashion designer from 2006 until their relationship ended in 2008

GQ awarded Kanye west the title of international man of the year in 2007