Looking Back
Holy Yeezus! Snakkle Looks Back at Controversial Kanye’s Life and Times
Hip-hop hit maker, style icon, awards-show crasher, controversial media figure ... yep, that’s Kanye. Love or hate him (or his music), there’s no getting around just how influential he has been on popular culture. Let’s look back at his journey thus far and try to get to the bottom of just what makes Kanye tick. By Nina Hämmerling Smith
Kanye West as a Child
Born June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Kanye moved to Chicago with his mother, Donda West, when his parents divorced in 1980. In this video diary documenting a recent visit to his childhood home on Chicago’s Southside, Kanye said, “Always knew it was gonna happen like this ... Where I’m at right now is where I was when I was, like, 4 years old. You know, like, first hitting a piano or something like that.”