Kanye West Net Worth: Has he recovered his wealth after last year’s drop?

Kanye Omari West (June 8, 1977, Atlanta), also known as Ye, is one of the most important artists in the history of rap and hip-hop.

He has influenced countless performers and songwriters and is considered one of the great figures of popular music in the 21st century.

Kanye was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a former member of the revolutionary group Black Panther, who later became a pH๏τojournalist and religious counselor. His mother was an English professor at Clark Atlanta University.

When he was three years old they divorced. His mother left, to teach at the University of Chicago and Kanye grew up in a middle-class suburb of Oak Lawn, Illinois. For a year he lived in China, as his mother taught in Nanjing as part of an exchange program. From childhood, he showed a clear interest in reading, drawing and music.

At the age of thirteen he recorded his first original composition. While still a teenager he met producer DJ No ID, who became his mentor. Although he began university studies in arts and English, he dropped out at the age of twenty to concentrate on music, despite his parents’ opposition. In the mid-1990s, he began to make a name for himself in the Chicago music scene, composing and producing for other local artists.

He soon achieved such renown in this activity that he came to work on albums of rappers such as The Notorious BIG , Jay-Z or Eminem , as well as big names in R & B as Alicia Keys or Janet Jackson.Kanye West is an American producer, rapper, fashion designer, and entrepreneur. As of this writing, Kanye West’s net worth is $500 million. When Kanye was a multi-billionaire, he was one of the the three richest self-made black people in US history.