Kanye West (Ye) Net Worth, Biography, Wife, Real Name, Mom, Children & Facts

The 45-year-old American rapper, record producer, songwriter, and fashion designer Kanye West is famous worldwide for first being the producer for Roc-A-Fella Records in the early 2000s as well as producing hit songs for elite musicians like Jay-Z, Ludacris, and Alicia Keys. Releasing his debut album, The College Dropout in 2004, beginning his career as a rapper, he is known to be one of the best-selling artists of all time in the world with 160 million records sold.

He lives a high-profile life, exposing his family to the public, including his marriage with his estranged wife. He is well known for his controversial lifestyle and for contesting as an independent candidate in the 2020 general elections.

Kanye West Biography

Kanye West who real name is Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia but raised in Chicago all in the United States of America. His parents, Ray West and Donda West divorced when the music star was three years old, thereby living with his mom. He attended Polaris School for Individual Education before moving to Nanjing, China with her mom who got employed to teach at Nanjing University as Fulbright Scholar.

West’s passion for art and music became known at the very young age of five when he started writing poetry. In grade 3, he began rapping. After he graduated from high school, he gained a scholarship to school at Chicago’s American Academy of Art in 1997.

Not long after, he transferred to Chicago State University to study English. Eventually, he dropped out of school to pursue his career in music at age 20.

First, the American rapper started his career as a producer in the mid-1990s. At age 19, he officially produced eight tracks on Down to Earth, the first album of Chicago rapper Grav. He produced tracks by American musicians which became hits. In 2000, he became the producer for the record label Roc-A-Fella and produced songs for the likes of Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Alysia Keys, and Ludacris which became hits.

Eventually, he started his rapping career, releasing his debut album, The College Dropout (2004) which was successful.

Later that year, he founded the record label GOOD Music. He has since then released numerous albums with most being hits reaching different parts of the world. Some of his albums are Late Registration, (2005), Graduation (2007), My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010, Yeezus (2013), and Donda (2021), His success in music has earned him 22 Grammy Awards and 75 nominations. He’s as well won other awards like Billboard Artist Achievement Award. and BET Award.

With his marital life, West is currently divorced. He was married to American reality television star Kim Kardashian from 2014 to 2022. The two celebrities have four kids together, North West, Saint West, Chicago West, and Psalm West.

Kanye West Age

How old is Kanye West? As of 2022, Kanye is 45 years old, born on June 8, 1977.

Kanye West Height, Weight

The father of four is quite tall. He has a height of 5 ft 8 inches and a weight of 80kg.

Kanye West Nationality and Ethnicity

West is an American with an African American ethnic background.

Kanye West Career

What’s Kanye West’s profession? The music star is a rapper, record producer, fashion designer, songwriter, businessman, and politician.

Kanye West Wife

Currently, Kanye West is not married but dating Juliana Nalú. Previously, he was married to reality television star Kim Kardashian. The ex-couple tied the knot in 2014 and had four kids together. In 2021, Kim filed for a divorce the reason being irreconcilable differences which were finalized in 2022.

The 42-year-old media personality first became famous for being a close pal of Paris Hilton and more so when her sex tape with her ex-boyfriend Ray J leaked in 2007.

Kanye West Children

How many kids does Kanye West have? The famous American rapper has four kids with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian and they are North West (9), Saint West (7), Psalm West (3), and Chicago West (4).

Kanye West Net Worth

Currently, the net worth of the American rapper is $400 million. According to Forbes, he had a whooping sum of $1.8 billion during the first quarter of the year 2022. However, parting ways with the Adidas brand led to the loss of more than a billion dollars.