At age thirteen, West wrote a rap song called 'Green Eggs and Ham' and persuaded his mother to pay for time in a recording studio. West started rapping in the third grade and began making musical compositions in the seventh grade, eventually selling them to other artists. His mother recalled that she first took notice of West's passion for drawing and music when he was in the third grade. West demonstrated an affinity for the arts at an early age he began writing poetry when he was five years old. When asked about his grades in high school, West replied, 'I got A's and B's. According to his mother, West was the only foreigner in his class, but settled in well and quickly picked up the language, although he has since forgotten most of it. At the age of 10, West moved with his mother to Nanjing, China, where she was teaching at Nanjing University as part of an exchange program. West was raised in a middle-class background, attending Polaris High School in suburban Oak Lawn, Illinois, after living in Chicago. (Williams) West, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University, and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University, before retiring to serve as his manager.
Ray West was later a Christian counselor, and in 2006, opened the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland with startup capital from his son. His father, Ray West, is a former Black Panther and was one of the first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
After his parents divorced when he was three years old he moved with his mother to Chicago, Illinois. Kanye Omari West was born on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia.
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