Kanye West is one of the most followed celebrities internationally. Born in 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, he grew up in Chicago alongside his family and developed a passion for rap at an early age. After only six months in art school, he put aside his studies to devote himself fully to music and became a producer for the American hip-hop record label Roc-A-Fella. Determined to make his dreams come true, in 2004 he released his first album entitled The College Dropout . He won the Grammy Awards for best album and best rap song, and his career is already looking promising. Placed too quickly in the spotlight, Kanye however plunges at high speed into the depths of celebrity until becoming one of the most controversial figures in American rap. An image that still pursues him today.
From success to scandal
In 2007, Kanye West already released three studio albums and his tracks are touring the world. His life changed however in November of that same year, after the sudden death of his mother the day after a cosmetic surgery. This insurmountable mourning marks the starting point of a life of torment for Kanye West. Depression, drugs, violence, vulgarity, the dark Chicago rapper and the media are bitter. According to a analysis by Betway Insider, his intervention during the speech of Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards would be considered the culmination of this descent into hell. From provocations to casualness, nothing more scares the one we nickname Yeezy. His media image is deteriorating but Kanye prefers to play the card of nonchalance. He is now one of America’s most controversial artists and his marriage to famous billionaire Kim Kardashian never ceases to be talked about.
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy : la résurrection
In 2010, after three of the darkest years, Kanye West embarked on an initiatory journey and went into exile in Hawaii in the hope of escaping his demons. Far from the American show biz and the media whirlwind that had taken him prisoner, he found refuge in music and began to imagine what he would later call his “album of excuses”, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The 13 tracks that make up this fifth studio album form the perfect equation of musical mixing. In collaboration with twenty artists with diverse and varied influences, Kanye West has succeeded in surveying sound paths never before explored. After many hours of musical experimentation in the company of Jay-z, Nicki Minaj, John Legend or Bon Iver and far from the egocentric character that the media are striving to give him, Kanye West has managed to breathe new life into the American hip-hop. Considered ever since as THE artist’s masterpiece, MBDTF for friends, is still and still one of the most listened to albums in the world.
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