Kanye West

Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia.  His parents got a divorce when he was only three years old.  He was raised in Chicago by  his mother who was an English professor.  He spent the summers with his father who was a famous photographer and eventually  became a church  counselor. 

He graduated high school and spent one year in  art college at Chicago State University.  He dropped out of college because he felt he wasn't learning fast enough and felt he would learn quicker through life.  In 2001 he moved to New York to pursue his music dream.  Jay - Z hired him to produce songs for one of his albums.

One night driving home from the recording studio, Kanye almost died.  He fell asleep at the wheel and was in a head on car crash.  He broke his face and since his jaw was fractured, it had to be wired shut.

http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Sh-Z/West-Kanye.html

"George Bush doesn't care about black people." He said this when he strays from his scripted monologue at the live televised Concert for Hurricane Relief

His mother died on November 10, 2007 from heart disease after plastic surgery. 

On September 13, 2009 he interupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech for best female video at the MTV VMAs. 

http://www.people.com/people/kanye_west/biography/0,,20005936_10,00.html