Kanye West Accomplishments

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Infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, renowned artist Pablo Picasso or the great poet Pablo Neruda? Leaving fans to guess which one Kanye alludes to all three throughout his most recent studio album, The Life Of Pablo. It is well known that Kanye West has one of the most eccentric personalities to date. He Is obsessed with fashion and has essentialy married into a reality show. Kanye is always finding ways to make controversial statements and tweeting something absurd, but when it comes down to producing music it is also known that no body else can do it like Kanye.
Kanye West is a person who likes to express himself in many ways and enthusiastically calls himself a successful rapper, songwriter, record producer, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. Mr. West started his career as a producer in the early 2000’s and eventually ended up as a songwriter/rapper by 2004. Ever since he has had a
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Another heartfelt record is “Real Friends,” in which Kanye is at his saddest describing his loneliness, even when around family, with verses like, “But how many honest? Trust issues; Switched up the number, I can’t be bothered; I cannot blame you for havin’ an angle; I ain’t got no issues, I’m just doin’ my thing; Hope you doin’ your thing, too; I’m a deadbeat cousin, I hate family reunions.” Unlike the typical rap album Kanye decides to take a different route with The Life Of Pablo. From time to time throughout the album he does reference themes which are typical in hip-hop but infuses aspects of multiple genres such as gospel, funk, spoken word and many

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