Kanye West

Made his European television debut performing his song "Through the Wire" on "Raymann is laat" (2001).

Has a metal plate in his chin from near fatal car accident in which he was involved in around 3 pm on October 23, 2002. He was driving home from a studio session and fell asleep behind the steering wheel and crashed into another car.

Attended Chicago State University / Columbia College, Chicago. He dropped out to pursue music, hence the name of his 2004 debut album "The College Droput".

Nominated for 10 Grammies in 2005. He ended up winning 3.

CD: "Graduation", 2006.

At age 3 his parents Ray West and Donda West divorced. She moved to Chicago and was an English professor at Chicago State University, and retired to be Kanye's manager. She appeared on FOX News' "The Big Story with John Gibson" on May 18, 2007, to talk about her son, which led to her being dubbed a "hip hop mama".

Mother, Donda West, died on November 10, 2007 from complications of surgery.

Kanye and his fiancée, clothing designer Alexis Phifer, have ended their engagement [April 21, 2008].

At the 2009 MTV Music Video Awards, he jumped up on stage and interrupted Taylor Swift's acceptance speech after she had won Best Female video saying that Beyoncé Knowles had the best female video.