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6 Jun, 2017

Chance the Rapper covers three Kanye songs at NY show

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At the Governors Ball music festival in New York City, Chance plays three Kanye West songs as part of his headlining set. Chance played renditions of Waves, Father Stretch My Hands, and Ultralight Beam — all tracks from West’s 2016 The Life of Pablo — amidst a set full of his own hits including No Problem, Sunday Candy, and Angels. Chance worked on a number of tracks for Pablo, earning writing credits on all three of those songs, and production credits on Ultralight Beam.

26 Jul, 2015

Storms off Pan Am Games closing ceremony

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West throws his mic and storms offstage at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony when the audio for the live audience stops working. According to the CBC Olympics official Twitter feed, those enjoying the broadcast version of Kanye’s performance could still hear him  but his microphone cut off completely for those watching live from inside Toronto’s Rogers Centre.

 

12 Apr, 2015 12:00 am

Police close concert after lake dive

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west in lakePolice stop West’s Armenia concert when he jumps into a lake followed by hundreds of fans. Kardashian:

Thousands of people were there! Kanye jumped in swan lake to be closer to the crowd on the other side & so many people jumped in too! It was such an exciting crazy night!

12 Sep, 2014

Demands disabled fans stand up

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West demands his fans to get out of their seats at his Qantas Credit Union Arena concert in Sydney, Australia. Two disabled fans remain seated and West asks the audience to confirm that they cannot not get up.

I can’t do this show until everybody stand up. Unless you got a handicap pass, and you get special parking and s–t.

Kanye West Sydney wheelchair misunderstanding

22 Nov, 2010

My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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West releases his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The album incorporates many different types of musical components, including electro, soul, and symphonic. A large number and variety of artists and producers participated in the album’s recording sessions, including Jay-Z, Rihanna, Eminem, John Legend, and Elton John. West:

People with that intangible sound, the people that everybody copy. You know, the originators. That’s what my thing is, it’s quality. What is the best of the best.

24 Nov, 2008

Releases 808s & Heartbreak

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West releases his fourth studio album, 808s & Heartbreak. An electropop and R&B album, 808s & Heartbreak sounds nothing like his previous works. The album, which West describes as “minimal but functional”, is primarily sung rather than rapped and contains extensive use of the Auto-Tune voice processor. The album features themes of love, loneliness, and heartache.

It’s a little bit of autotune and a whole lot of f*cked up life. This album was therapeutic- its lonely at the top.

16 Nov, 2003

You Don’t Know My Name

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The artist releases You Don’t Know My Name, featuring West, from The Diary Of Alicia Keys. Keys:

It was the first time that I ever worked with at the time a kind of relatively unknown guy named Kanye West. He was this really excited guy. He had this song out called Through The Wire.He’s always been a super passionate guy.

Alicia Keys - You Don't Know My Name (Official HD Video)