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- I remember playing demos for all these different labels

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in here, bring
different people in.

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And everybody wanted the sound to sound like something

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that was already out there.

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And to me that was blocking,

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that was a form of blocking your artistic freedom.

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Not allowing you to just express what you wanted to do

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and bring some type
of change to the game.

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- [Narrator] A man
with a musical gift,

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whose words spread controversy wherever he goes.

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Kanye West became the most important new rap star

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of the 2000s.

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A character who made the
mainstream come to him

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rather than the
other way around.

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Proud winner of
21 Grammy Awards,

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his ego is almost justified.

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Kanye is one of the most
recognizable rappers

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of the 21st century,transforming the sound of music

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through his production style and passionate lyrics.

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- Kanye West is the super producer turned rapper

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to reality star who's
never at the headlines

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and made some of the
best rap hip-hop music

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of the last two decades.

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- Any opportunity I get
to express my music,

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I try to take it.

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- [Narrator] However,
controversial statements

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will be a constant
factor in his career,

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affecting his life
and causing uproar

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around the pop culture world.

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On top of that, Kanye's marriage to Kim Kardashian

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added another layer to the stars overwhelming fame.

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The constant
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would affect Kanye's mental state later in his career.

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But despite his
outspoken behavior,

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Kanye West has changed theworld with his sound and image,

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developing a new Sunday
service church in 2019

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and releasing a gospel album.

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- Only thing bad about
performing was that,

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while I was performing, I couldn't actually see it.

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- [Narrator] It seems Kanye is turning his favor to religion

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and staying out of
the public disputes.

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The past decade of his career has been turbulent.

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But he maintains his status as one of the greatest rappers

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of his generation.

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- Around the time of
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I think my public perception was at an all time low,

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they made me look like
I was just an animal

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for running on stage
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"This is how I feel,"

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I felt like I was robbed at the awards and everything.

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And you know, a lot of people would say negative things

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about me, a lot of magazines pulled out on me,

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a lot of people turned
their backs on me

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and inspired me to of into the studio and make music

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that people couldn't deny,inspire the course for stronger.

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That that don't kill me, it only make me stronger.

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- Kanye West was born
in Atlanta, Georgia,

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and he moved to Chicago when he was three years old.

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His parents got divorced so he was raised solely by his mom.

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And they had a
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they're really, really close.

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She was a teacher.

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He was very much brought up

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in a very middle
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He had a good schooling.

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He went to university
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but dropped out after one year

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because he really wanted
to focus on his music.

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- [Narrator] Kanye
West's ambition in life

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was always to become
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By the year 2000, Kanye was making a name for himself

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in the music production scene.

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This would solidify the
beginning of his career.

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- In the beginning,
Kanye was working

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with lots of unknown artists, lots of underground stars,

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but it was his
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on his "Blueprint" album that really got Kanye noticed.

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- [Narrator] After his
persistent attempts

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to get a contract, co-founder of Roc-A-Fella records,

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Damon Dash,
reluctantly signed him

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to keep him from defecting to another label.

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- It actually took
Kanye quite a while

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to persuade the other
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that he should be taken
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You know, he didn't have the kind of gangster rap pedigree

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that these other guys had.

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At the time, it was
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a drug dealer or have been shot

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in order to be taken seriously as having any credibility.

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Kanye was this
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in a beautiful
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His mother was a very
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He'd lived in China
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and learned Chinese.

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He certainly didn't have
that kind of pedigree.

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Ironically, it was a
tragedy that gave Kanye

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his first break
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- [Narrator] On the
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Kanye's life was to
change dramatically.

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He had been working late at a California recording studio,

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when he eventually
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Kanye fell asleep at the wheel

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causing a near fatal car crash.

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The crash left him
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which was wired shut during reconstructive surgery.

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- He was involved in a really serious car crash,

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which involved him breaking his jaw in three places.

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The jaw was then
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and it really provoked him in thinking life is for living,

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let me live it.

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- He talked about that
he'd been kind of saved

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because he's a religious man.

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And I think he had this sense,

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this could have confirmed that,

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that he had this
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and that's why he'd been saved.

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And people who worked with him said that from then on,

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it was like a
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he was even more fired up, he was even more purposeful.

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- [Narrator] Kanye used
his life changing crash

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to his advantage.

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If anything, it encouraged him to fulfill his ambition

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of becoming a rapper.

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While suffering with
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he recorded his first single, "Through the Wire".

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- "Through the Wire" was kind of a surprise big hit.

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But in the background
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it's actually pretty incredible

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the fact he had a life
threatening car crash

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and wrote and performed the song with his jaw wired shut

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hence the name of the track,

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just weeks after he'd
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I think fans really
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and the truth behind that track,

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rather than just a
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that a lot of other rappers were putting out at the time.

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- There were so many different Polaroid pictures

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that you see which take
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through his journey.

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And it shows that he's
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about where he's come from, and probably where he's going.

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♪ For breakfast, an
Ensure for dizzert ♪

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♪ Somebody ordered pancakes I just sip the sizzurp ♪

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♪ That right there could drive a sane man bizerk ♪

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♪ Not to worry the
Mr. H-to-the-Izzo's
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♪ How do you console my mom or give her light support ♪

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♪ Telling her, her
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♪ And just imagine
how my girl feel ♪

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♪ On the plane scared
as hell that her guy-- ♪

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- This was this kind
of formative event.

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And he emerges from
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And as a sort of rap
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It's sort of a self
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He tells the story of
who he's going to become

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and he becomes that.

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- You know it
happened for a reason.

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God knew I had a message, He knew I had a mission,

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but He knew no one
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He said, "Kanye, I'm gonna make somebody care about you."

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Bam, I nearly died.

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That's one of the best things that can happen to a rapper.

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- [Narrator]
Kanye's first album,

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titled "The College Dropout" was recorded in Los Angeles

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while he was recovering
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Unfortunately, the
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months before its
official release.

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Kanye, however, used
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reviewing the album and making changes where he seemed fit.

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It was then pushed back from its 2003 release date

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and officially released the album with Roc-A-Fella Records

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in February 2004.

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"The College Dropout"
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a certified triple platinum album in the U.S.

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This accumulated Kanye
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leading to three wins,
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for the track "Jesus Walks".

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- I changed my name this week from Kanye to The Face,

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which stands for the
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Due to the fact
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is the third most in history, and from now on,

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I prefer to be called The Face.

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- [Narrator] It was safe
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had established himself as a chart-topping rapper.

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He was eager to show that offat the Grammy's after party.

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- Somebody call
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that his artist won
three Grammys tonight.

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Let him know.

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I wanna thank my man
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for helping me come
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I wanna thank Brooke for helpingme come up with my speech.

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I don't think I'll be
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we should take these Grammys away here write this speech

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on the shelf.

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I love y'all and y'all know I love the rap, right?

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So I just, play that
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and imma spit a verse
with y'all right quick.

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

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♪ Now I wish I hear the alarm

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♪ Y'all gotta know it's
J. Lo with the cons ♪

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♪ They claiming
Kanye in the Vans ♪

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♪ By the way he pop dollars on Louis Vuitton ♪

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♪ Roc-A-Fellas are on

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♪ And you know you lost sweet and get a lucky charm ♪

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♪ If you ain't in Vegas ringingon the sweet of the palm ♪

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♪ This song is about
the jewelry in his arm ♪

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♪ In fact, we gon'
blow like Johnny Depp ♪

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♪ And yep, I'll wake
up with spouses ♪

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♪ So let me break
down what my vows is ♪

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♪ I need John, he
drunk like louses ♪

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♪ Hop on couches,
remove your blouses ♪

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♪ Girls who go wild

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♪ Is making Perry surprise

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♪ How the hell the
club allowed it ♪

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♪ We gotta arrange it beforethe Range can afford to pay me ♪

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♪ But can't afford
that to happen ♪

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♪ So hey man, give back

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The Rockas in the building,Roc-A-Fella Records, good music.

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I love y'all, 2005,
hip-hop is alive.

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It's your boy, Kanye
and Louis Vuitton dog,

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the Grammy winner.

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Please get your
frustrations out,

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we better tape them
with a run baby.

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TLC, holla at me.

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[crowd cheers]

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- [Narrator] With the money gained from the sales

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of "The College Dropout", Kanye was able to bring

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a whole live orchestra into the recording session

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for his second album,
"Late Registration".

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A bold move that would
change the overall sound

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of his music.

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- You've got collaborations with people like Jamie Foxx,

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Adam Levine.

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You're seeing here
that Kanye is respected

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within the industry because he's got these great names

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on board.

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But it also shows that he's developing as an artist

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with his skill at producing rap as well as melody.

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[soft music]

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- [Narrator] "Late Registration"sold over 2.3 million units

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in the United States alone, and also broke a record

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for the most digital
downloads in a week.

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When the single "Gold Digger" sold over 80,000 copies.

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- "Gold Digger" was one of the most successful songs ever

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and certainly one
of the biggest hits

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of Kanye West's career.

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I think for mainstream people, people who, like myself,

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who weren't really rap fans, everybody likes that song.

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How can you not like that song?

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It doesn't matter if you're into rap music or not.

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It's a fantastically
catchy crossover tune.

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And the fact that he got Jamie Foxx to duet with him on it

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was just perfect timing.

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It's a fun video, you see KanyeWest looking extremely cool.

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♪ [She give me money]

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♪ Now I ain't sayin'
she a gold digger ♪

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♪ [When I'm in need]

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♪ But she ain't messin'
wit no broke, broke ♪

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♪ [She give me money]

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♪ Now I ain't sayin'
she a gold digger ♪

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♪ [When I'm in need]

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♪ But she ain't messin'
wit no broke, broke ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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♪ Get down girl,
go 'head get down ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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♪ Get down girl,
go 'head get down ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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♪ Get down girl,
go 'head get down ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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♪ Get down girl, go 'head

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♪ [Yeah, she give me money]

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♪ Cutie da bomb

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♪ Met her at a beauty salon [When I'm in need] ♪

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♪ With a baby Louis Vuitton

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♪ Under her under arm

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- It was a great song,
it was widely received

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across all genres, and it reallyput Kanye West on the map.

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- [Narrator] "Late Registration" also won Kanye

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another Grammy for
Best Rap Album.

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♪ But she ain't messin'
with no broke, broke ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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♪ Get down girl,
go 'head get down ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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♪ Get down girl,
go 'head get down ♪

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♪ [I gotta leave]

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- Now when I say get down,

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that means for y'all
to get up actually,

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it's reverse psychology.

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♪ Get down girl, go 'head get down [I gotta leave] ♪

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♪ Cutie da bomb

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♪ Met her at a beauty salon [When I'm in need] ♪

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♪ With a baby Louis Vuitton

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♪ Under her under arm
[She give me money] ♪

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♪ She said I can tell you rock

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♪ I can tell by ya charm
[When I'm in need] ♪

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♪ Girls you got a flock

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♪ I can tell by ya charm and ya arm [I gotta leave] ♪

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♪ I'm lookin' for the one

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♪ Have you seen her?

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[soft music]

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- [Narrator] Kanye's
image in 2005 however,

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changed dramatically.

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Just days after "Late
Registration" release,

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during a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina victims

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on live television, Kanyeexposed his controversial views.

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His comments reached much of the United States,

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leading to mixed reactions.

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George Bush will later call it,

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one of the most disgusting moments of his presidency.

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- In 2006, Kanye did one of the most shocking things

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that he's ever done.

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It was during a Hurricane Katrina telethon

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where celebrities went on TV to try and raise money

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for victims of the terrible events in New Orleans.

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And Kanye West is standing there next to Mike Myers

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and they are reading
a teleprompter

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talking about the devastation that happened.

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And all of a sudden Kanye goes way off script.

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It's absolutely hilarious to watch Mike Myers' face

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because he literally looks like he's gonna die.

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He's so uncomfortable,
he's completely stuck

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like a deer in the headlights.

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He doesn't know what to do and Kanye is just going for it

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and just ranting.

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- I hate the way they
portray us in the media.

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If you see a black family, it says they're looting,

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if you see a white family, it says they're looking for food.

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And you know, it's
been five days

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because most of the
people are black.

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And even for me
to complain about,

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I will be a hypocrite because I've tried to turn away

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from the TV because
it's too hard to watch.

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- Kanye is just ranting way and then finally at the end,

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he says that George Bush doesn't like black people.

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- It may end up being the most tragic loss of all.

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- George Bush doesn't
care about black people.

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- [Director] Please call.

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- In the past few days,
America and people

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has been stepping up.

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- The producers quickly, quickly cut to somebody else

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to get Kanye off camera
as fast as possible

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but because the
show went out live,

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there was no way to edit any of that from appearing.

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It caused an
international sensation.

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It was the biggest headline to come out of the entire thing

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that Kanye West went on TV

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and basically called
George Bush a racist.

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- It proceeded to have a devastating effect really

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on Kanye and his reputation.

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[soft music]

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- [Narrator] Throughout
2005 and 2006,

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Kanye had been in the studio working on his third album.

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He wanted to change the sound of his music again,

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and after listening
to songwriters,

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Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash,

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Kanye wanted to
develop his wordplay

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and storytelling ability.

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[upbeat music]

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Kanye third studio
album, "Graduation"

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gamored major publicity
when its release date

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pitted him in the
sales competition
against rapper 50 Cent.

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Upon the September 2007 release,

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"Graduation" outsold 50 Cent's,Curtis, by a large margin.

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Debuting at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart

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and selling almost 1 million copies in its first week.

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- I'm just very
like internationally
charged, you know,

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it's fueled by all
the places we visited,

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Australia, New Zealand, touringwith the Rolling Stones,

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touring with U2
and Bono was like,

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nobody in the community's ever figured this out

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except from Michael Jackson.

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And that's making
these stadium songs,

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these songs that
connect with people's,

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their hearts, their
minds and spirits,

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10 years down the line.

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When you look at "Through the Wire", it gets just as big

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and that better response
than "Gold Digger".

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So this album right here
is the stadium status.

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Like I said on Big Brother, it's just stadium status.

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[soft music]

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- [Narrator] Kanye's life took a different direction

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when his mother, Donda West died of complications

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from cosmetic surgery involving breast reduction

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in November 2007.

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- I think the great
rupture in Kanye's life

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is the death of his mother.

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He'd found success, he
was on a certain path

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and she died relatively young.

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He felt guilty because
if he hadn't moved to LA

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and she hadn't
moved there with him

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that she'd still be alive.

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Which of course, that's
not a rational response.

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- His first show
after her funeral

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was actually here in
England, at the O2.

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And he included a tribute to her in his set.

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And he continued to attribute, I believe he perfromed

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Journey's "Don't
Stop Believin'",

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and he played that on every single date of the tour.

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So it shows you how much he wanted to celebrate her

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at his gigs.

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- [Narrator] Months later,

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West and fiance, Alexis Phifer ended their engagement

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and long term intermittent relationship,

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which had begun in 2002.

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These events profoundly
affected Kanye,

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who set off for his 2008, Glow in the Dark tour

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shortly thereafter.

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[soft music]

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Feeling his emotions could not be conveyed through rapping,

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Kanye discovered the voice audio processor autotune

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to use while singing.

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This would go on to become akey feature in his next record.

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[upbeat music]

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Recorded mostly in Hawaii,

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in three weeks, Kanye announced his fourth album,

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"808s & Heartbreak".

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At the 2008 MTV
Video Music Awards,

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where he performed its lead single, "Love Lockdown".

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Music audiences were taken aback

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by the uncharacteristic
production style

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and the presence of autotune.

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[upbeat music]

435
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- "Love Lockdown" is a
really beautiful video

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and you know Kanye West is a big fan of black and white.

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And I think in this video, you can really see that,

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he has this all white
room that he's in

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and it's almost like he'shaving this dream like sequence.

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♪ ya love lockdown,
ya love lockdown ♪

441
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♪ Now keep ya love
lockdown, you lose ♪

442
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♪ I'm not loving you,
way I wanted to ♪

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♪ I can't keep my cool,
so I keep it true ♪

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♪ I got something to
lose, so I gotta move ♪

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It's a beautiful video.

446
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It's very unusual, it's
very attention getting

447
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and like Kanye himself, it's completely unpredictable.

448
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- [Narrator] "808s & Heartbreak"contains themes of love,

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loneliness, and heartache and was released in November 2008.

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The record's
singles demonstrated

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outstanding charts performances.

452
00:20:18,700 --> 00:20:21,910
- The 808 album was definitely quite a sad record

453
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to be honest.

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Even for the artwork
with the heart

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ripped down the middle.

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So I think his personal life

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could have affected
that release.

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I think with the use of the synths and the auto tune,

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it was as much as
him experimenting

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and innovating with his sound.

461
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Across all his albums, he's never stayed the same.

462
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He's always kind of mixed up and tried to do something new

463
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with the production
or the vocals.

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So I think this was just
an extension of that.

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- [Narrator] Upon its release, the lead single "Lockdown"

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debuted at number three on the Billboard Hot 100.

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While the follow up
single "Heartless"

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performed similar and
debuted at number four

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on the Billboard Hot 100.

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While it was criticized
prior to its release,

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"808s & Heartbreak" had
a significant effect

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on hip-hop music, encouraging other rappers

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to take more creative risk with their productions.

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Kanye's controversial incident, the following year,

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at the 2009 MTV
Video Music Awards

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was arguably his biggest
controversy to date

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00:21:27,769 --> 00:21:32,014
and led to widespread outrage throughout the music industry.

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00:21:32,049 --> 00:21:34,051
- Kanye West really
outdid himself

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in the unpredictability
department

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or let's say the loose
cannon department.

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When Taylor Swift won at the VMAs and he stormed the stage

482
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saying that Beyonce should have won for Best Video,

483
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it was shocking.

484
00:21:47,029 --> 00:21:49,066
It had never really
been done before,

485
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not in this high of
a profile scenario.

486
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[audience cheering]

487
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- Yo Taylor, I'm
really happy for you.

488
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Imma let you finish, but Beyoncehad one of the best videos

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of all time.

490
00:21:59,939 --> 00:22:03,114
[audience cheers]

491
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One of the best
videos of all time.

492
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[audience boo]

493
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- He thought he was
doing the right thing

494
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and sort of standing up for art

495
00:22:14,988 --> 00:22:16,887
and standing up
for Beyonce's art.

496
00:22:16,921 --> 00:22:20,511
But to viewers, it just seemed like he was this guy

497
00:22:20,546 --> 00:22:22,375
interrupting somebody,
who at that time,

498
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was a very young woman.

499
00:22:23,859 --> 00:22:25,344
And it wasn't just a sort of breach of protocol,

500
00:22:25,378 --> 00:22:29,313
it seemed aggressive and there was an enormous backlash.

501
00:22:29,348 --> 00:22:31,522
- Taylor Swift at this
point, and still is,

502
00:22:31,557 --> 00:22:32,972
the nation's sweetheart.

503
00:22:33,006 --> 00:22:34,767
She's got the nation wrapped around her finger.

504
00:22:34,801 --> 00:22:37,148
This is like the worst
thing you can ever do

505
00:22:37,183 --> 00:22:38,943
on live television.

506
00:22:38,978 --> 00:22:41,118
- [Narrator] Because of his outburst at the VMAs,

507
00:22:41,152 --> 00:22:44,984
Kanye had lost a lot ofrespect from the press, critics

508
00:22:45,018 --> 00:22:46,675
and the music world.

509
00:22:46,710 --> 00:22:51,646
The incident caused Kanye to disappear from the public eye.

510
00:22:52,163 --> 00:22:54,580
[soft music]

511
00:22:57,893 --> 00:23:00,517
"My Beautiful Dark
Twisted Fantasy",

512
00:23:00,551 --> 00:23:04,762
Kanye's fifth studio album was released in November 2010

513
00:23:04,797 --> 00:23:07,386
to rave reviews from critics.

514
00:23:07,420 --> 00:23:09,974
Many of whom described
it as his best work

515
00:23:10,009 --> 00:23:12,391
that solidified his comeback.

516
00:23:14,669 --> 00:23:18,189
"Dark Fantasy" adopts
a maximalist philosophy

517
00:23:18,224 --> 00:23:21,779
and deals with themes
of celebrity and excess.

518
00:23:21,814 --> 00:23:25,162
The record included,
the international hit

519
00:23:25,196 --> 00:23:28,752
"All of the Lights" and
billboard hits "Power",

520
00:23:28,786 --> 00:23:31,444
"Monster" and "Runaway".

521
00:23:31,479 --> 00:23:33,550
- "My Beautiful Dark
Twisted Fantasy"

522
00:23:33,584 --> 00:23:37,346
was dubbed Kanye's greatest work of all time.

523
00:23:37,381 --> 00:23:39,107
And truthfully it needed to be,

524
00:23:39,141 --> 00:23:42,835
he needed to get the public back into his arms.

525
00:23:42,869 --> 00:23:46,459
- This was a lot warmer,
a lot brighter, bolder.

526
00:23:46,494 --> 00:23:48,323
It was kind of
returning to the sound,

527
00:23:48,357 --> 00:23:51,947
that we know him and kind of fell in love with him for

528
00:23:51,982 --> 00:23:54,778
but he also had those
big commercial songs

529
00:23:54,812 --> 00:23:56,607
like "All of the
Lights" and "Power"

530
00:23:56,642 --> 00:23:59,645
that really resonated
with fans and I think

531
00:23:59,679 --> 00:24:01,681
that was a welcome
returned to form

532
00:24:01,716 --> 00:24:04,063
for him after the 808 album.

533
00:24:05,582 --> 00:24:09,620
- [Narrator] Following
a headlining set
at Coachella 2011,

534
00:24:09,655 --> 00:24:11,311
that was described by
The Hollywood Reporter

535
00:24:11,346 --> 00:24:14,418
as one of the greatest hip-hop sets of all time,

536
00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:18,284
Kanye released the collaborativealbum, "Watch the Throne"

537
00:24:18,318 --> 00:24:19,768
with Jay-Z.

538
00:24:19,803 --> 00:24:22,461
- Kanye teams back up with Jay-Z

539
00:24:22,495 --> 00:24:24,463
for the "Watch the Throne" album

540
00:24:24,497 --> 00:24:26,499
and then subsequently the tour.

541
00:24:26,534 --> 00:24:27,983
Can this get any better?

542
00:24:28,018 --> 00:24:31,642
You've got hip-hop royalty together for an album,

543
00:24:31,677 --> 00:24:33,299
they're on tour, they're
touring the world.

544
00:24:33,333 --> 00:24:35,025
I think literally
every hip-hop fan

545
00:24:35,059 --> 00:24:37,476
was just going nuts for this.

546
00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:42,929
- Jay-Z and Kanye they have different flows and stylings

547
00:24:42,964 --> 00:24:44,621
but I think they worked
really well together.

548
00:24:44,655 --> 00:24:46,485
They knew when to
take the backseat

549
00:24:46,519 --> 00:24:47,796
and when to step forward.

550
00:24:47,831 --> 00:24:50,247
And they just combined
very effectively

551
00:24:50,281 --> 00:24:53,388
to make one of the best rap albums of the last decade.

552
00:24:53,422 --> 00:24:55,804
- [Narrator] By employing a sales strategy

553
00:24:55,839 --> 00:24:57,806
that released the
album, digitally,

554
00:24:57,841 --> 00:25:00,360
weeks before its
physical counterpart,

555
00:25:00,395 --> 00:25:03,778
"Watch the Throne" became one of the few major label albums

556
00:25:03,812 --> 00:25:07,367
in the internet age
to avoid a leak.

557
00:25:07,402 --> 00:25:10,716
"In Paris" became the records highest charting single

558
00:25:10,750 --> 00:25:14,720
peaking at number five on the Billboard Hot 100.

559
00:25:14,754 --> 00:25:16,549
- I think the reason
"In Paris" was so big

560
00:25:16,584 --> 00:25:20,829
was it had massive buildup in terms of the music

561
00:25:20,864 --> 00:25:23,245
leading to that
really heavy baseline.

562
00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,385
Then once that came in, it really stole the show.

563
00:25:25,420 --> 00:25:27,318
So you had these
two great rappers,

564
00:25:27,353 --> 00:25:29,907
but it was really the
base and the production

565
00:25:29,942 --> 00:25:33,739
and the beat behind it that got people moving around.

566
00:25:33,773 --> 00:25:35,016
It was such a big hit.

567
00:25:35,050 --> 00:25:36,327
♪ Ball so hard,
I'm shocked too, ♪

568
00:25:36,362 --> 00:25:37,570
♪ I'm supposed to
be locked up too ♪

569
00:25:37,605 --> 00:25:39,296
♪ You escaped what
I've escaped ♪

570
00:25:39,330 --> 00:25:40,987
♪ You'd be in Paris
getting fucked up too ♪

571
00:25:41,022 --> 00:25:42,782
♪ Ball so hard,
let's get faded, ♪

572
00:25:42,817 --> 00:25:44,473
♪ Le Meurice for like six days

573
00:25:44,508 --> 00:25:47,822
♪ Gold bottles, scold models, spillin' Ace on my sick J's ♪

574
00:25:47,856 --> 00:25:51,308
♪ Ball so hard bitch behave, just might let you meet 'Ye ♪

575
00:25:51,342 --> 00:25:55,312
♪ Chi town's D. Rose,
I'm movin' the Nets ♪

576
00:25:55,346 --> 00:25:57,763
[soft music]

577
00:25:59,143 --> 00:26:00,904
- [Narrator] After touring the world with Jay-Z

578
00:26:00,938 --> 00:26:02,837
on the "Watch the Throne" tour,

579
00:26:02,871 --> 00:26:06,634
West began dating reality star and longtime friend

580
00:26:06,668 --> 00:26:09,119
Kim Kardashian in April 2012.

581
00:26:10,845 --> 00:26:12,916
It was the beginning
of a Hollywood romance

582
00:26:12,950 --> 00:26:17,230
that would take the
showbiz world by storm.

583
00:26:17,265 --> 00:26:22,063
- Kanye and Kim, the longest running love story in showbiz.

584
00:26:22,097 --> 00:26:26,032
It was nine years of
to-ing and fro-ing

585
00:26:26,067 --> 00:26:28,034
before they finally
got it together.

586
00:26:28,069 --> 00:26:31,659
And she'd been through twomarriages by that point anyway.

587
00:26:31,693 --> 00:26:35,352
- I think at first when Kim and Kanye started going out,

588
00:26:35,386 --> 00:26:37,492
there might be a little bit of skepticism around it,

589
00:26:37,526 --> 00:26:39,390
like, is this a showmance?

590
00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:42,255
Kind of how serious is it because a reality star

591
00:26:42,290 --> 00:26:44,810
with a huge rap star
that has this integrity

592
00:26:44,844 --> 00:26:46,639
and is really
focused on his image

593
00:26:46,674 --> 00:26:48,434
and wants to protect that.

594
00:26:48,468 --> 00:26:49,746
I think it soon became apparent

595
00:26:49,780 --> 00:26:52,472
that they were serious
about each other.

596
00:26:52,507 --> 00:26:53,681
[upbeat music]

597
00:26:53,715 --> 00:26:55,303
- [Gemma] The
biggest reality star,

598
00:26:55,337 --> 00:26:57,581
teaming up with the
biggest hip-hop star.

599
00:26:57,616 --> 00:27:01,516
Together, they became a force, a united showbiz force

600
00:27:01,550 --> 00:27:03,483
and it's continued to this day.

601
00:27:03,518 --> 00:27:04,692
[upbeat music]

602
00:27:04,726 --> 00:27:06,176
- According to Kanye West,

603
00:27:06,210 --> 00:27:09,593
he has just been in love with Kim Kardashian for so long

604
00:27:09,628 --> 00:27:11,906
and I think it's terms
of Kim's perspective,

605
00:27:11,940 --> 00:27:13,804
I think she never
took Kanye seriously

606
00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:17,636
as a romantic interest until she was really at rock bottom

607
00:27:17,670 --> 00:27:21,191
picking up the pieces of her personal professional image

608
00:27:21,225 --> 00:27:24,228
following her disastrous marriage to Kris Humphries.

609
00:27:24,263 --> 00:27:27,680
And I think Kanye showed himself to be a true friend.

610
00:27:27,715 --> 00:27:30,062
And I think in that moment,

611
00:27:30,096 --> 00:27:31,960
she finally started
to take him seriously

612
00:27:31,995 --> 00:27:36,344
as a romantic love interest and the rest is history.

613
00:27:38,001 --> 00:27:41,142
- [Narrator] Kanye's sixth studio album, "Yeezus"

614
00:27:41,176 --> 00:27:44,007
was released in June 2013

615
00:27:44,041 --> 00:27:47,217
to highly positive
reviews from critics.

616
00:27:47,251 --> 00:27:50,841
Kanye touched upon controversialand sensitive topics

617
00:27:50,876 --> 00:27:52,740
and delivered a bold record,

618
00:27:52,774 --> 00:27:55,121
described as his
most confrontational

619
00:27:55,156 --> 00:27:57,606
and bravest album to date.

620
00:27:57,641 --> 00:28:01,127
Despite leaking four days early upon its release,

621
00:28:01,162 --> 00:28:06,167
"Yeezus" sold almost 327,000 copies during it's first week

622
00:28:07,306 --> 00:28:09,757
and the album's lead
single, "Black Skinhead"

623
00:28:09,791 --> 00:28:11,724
was certified gold
by mid October.

624
00:28:11,759 --> 00:28:13,484
[upbeat music]

625
00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:15,245
- With "Watch the
Throne" you had

626
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:17,212
like we're kings kind of thing.

627
00:28:17,247 --> 00:28:21,320
And then with "Yeezus" the title again alludes to Jesus

628
00:28:21,354 --> 00:28:23,529
which is a quite bold,
arrogant statement

629
00:28:23,563 --> 00:28:25,462
but Kanye doesn't really care.

630
00:28:25,496 --> 00:28:27,326
He wants people to
know he's the man,

631
00:28:27,360 --> 00:28:29,984
he's confident in what he's doing, he's an innovator.

632
00:28:30,018 --> 00:28:32,020
And while it did top the charts,

633
00:28:32,055 --> 00:28:34,713
but it was actually his lowest selling record on release

634
00:28:34,747 --> 00:28:36,715
even though critically,
a lot of people said,

635
00:28:36,749 --> 00:28:38,820
it was his best since
"The College Dropout".

636
00:28:38,855 --> 00:28:41,927
So it was interesting, but I think it was more down

637
00:28:41,961 --> 00:28:43,376
with the music
industry in general

638
00:28:43,411 --> 00:28:46,517
rather than the quality
of the the album.

639
00:28:46,552 --> 00:28:47,760
- He's always been religious

640
00:28:47,795 --> 00:28:50,211
but in quite an
idiosyncratic way

641
00:28:50,245 --> 00:28:53,490
and certainly an irreverentway, calling an album, "Yeezus",

642
00:28:53,524 --> 00:28:55,423
calling a song, "I am a God".

643
00:28:55,457 --> 00:28:57,701
There's a lot of
humor in hip-hop

644
00:28:57,736 --> 00:29:00,808
and I think sometimes
people miss his humor

645
00:29:00,842 --> 00:29:03,845
and assume that he's
just sort of demented.

646
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,847
And a lot of the time he's sort of playing around

647
00:29:05,882 --> 00:29:07,435
with being sacrilegious

648
00:29:07,469 --> 00:29:11,128
and with taking
symbols of the church

649
00:29:11,163 --> 00:29:13,786
or symbols of the
civil rights movement

650
00:29:13,821 --> 00:29:16,444
and kind of treating them in quite a profane way.

651
00:29:16,478 --> 00:29:19,378
And that's part of
the game of hip-hop.

652
00:29:19,412 --> 00:29:22,346
- I think "Black Skinhead" the lead single from the album

653
00:29:22,381 --> 00:29:23,900
is a very powerful choice.

654
00:29:23,934 --> 00:29:26,799
One, you had that driving, real driving beat in there

655
00:29:26,834 --> 00:29:30,251
with quite an aggressive
delivery from Kanye.

656
00:29:30,285 --> 00:29:32,563
But with this whole
"Black Skinhead",

657
00:29:32,598 --> 00:29:34,807
you also have the
race elements in there

658
00:29:34,842 --> 00:29:37,223
that he wasn't shying away from delivering that

659
00:29:37,258 --> 00:29:39,812
and he was saying, "This is me like it or hate it."

660
00:29:39,847 --> 00:29:40,951
♪ Came to see me
in my black skin ♪

661
00:29:40,986 --> 00:29:42,573
♪ Number one question
they asking ♪

662
00:29:42,608 --> 00:29:44,403
♪ Fuck every
question you asking ♪

663
00:29:44,437 --> 00:29:46,129
♪ If I don't get ran
out by Catholics ♪

664
00:29:46,163 --> 00:29:48,027
♪ Here come some
conservative Baptists ♪

665
00:29:48,062 --> 00:29:49,615
♪ Claiming I'm overreacting

666
00:29:49,649 --> 00:29:51,720
♪ Like them black
kids in Chiraq bitch ♪

667
00:29:51,755 --> 00:29:53,515
♪ Four in the morning,
and I'm zoning ♪

668
00:29:53,550 --> 00:29:55,207
♪ They say I'm possessed, it's an omen ♪

669
00:29:55,241 --> 00:29:57,278
♪ I keep it 300,
like the Romans ♪

670
00:29:57,312 --> 00:29:59,142
♪ 300 bitches,
where's the Trojans? ♪

671
00:29:59,176 --> 00:30:00,971
♪ Baby we living in the moment

672
00:30:01,006 --> 00:30:02,835
♪ I've been a menace
for the longest ♪

673
00:30:02,870 --> 00:30:04,078
♪ But I ain't
finished, I'm devoted ♪

674
00:30:04,112 --> 00:30:05,907
- Black Skinhead was a
very controversial video

675
00:30:05,942 --> 00:30:09,083
because it got leaked online before Kanye was done with it.

676
00:30:09,117 --> 00:30:11,740
You know, Kanye is one
of the most controlling,

677
00:30:11,775 --> 00:30:14,467
famously kind of OCD
artists out there

678
00:30:14,502 --> 00:30:18,195
and bearing in mind he had a hugely successful career

679
00:30:18,230 --> 00:30:21,095
as a producer before he
became a solo artist.

680
00:30:21,129 --> 00:30:23,580
He really takes control from the beginning to the end

681
00:30:23,614 --> 00:30:25,030
of everything he does.

682
00:30:25,064 --> 00:30:28,447
He quickly took it down,
he rejigged a little bit

683
00:30:28,481 --> 00:30:31,968
and then released it
himself a week later.

684
00:30:33,901 --> 00:30:37,352
- [Narrator] 2013 also proved to be a personal milestone

685
00:30:37,387 --> 00:30:41,322
for Kanye, as he became a father for the first time

686
00:30:41,356 --> 00:30:44,635
with partner Kim Kardashian giving birth to a baby girl

687
00:30:44,670 --> 00:30:46,845
in June of that year.

688
00:30:46,879 --> 00:30:49,882
- After Kim and Kanye started dating relatively quickly,

689
00:30:49,917 --> 00:30:52,920
she fell pregnant she had a very difficult pregnancy.

690
00:30:52,954 --> 00:30:54,714
The first thing
was that we noticed

691
00:30:54,749 --> 00:30:58,063
was she put on a lot of weight and for Kim Kardashian,

692
00:30:58,097 --> 00:31:01,652
that is, I mean that's a fate worse than death, probably

693
00:31:01,687 --> 00:31:03,551
not to be slim and beautiful.

694
00:31:03,585 --> 00:31:06,588
So she struggled a lot withthat and the press made fun ofher

695
00:31:06,623 --> 00:31:08,073
in various outfits.

696
00:31:08,107 --> 00:31:11,317
And compared and very unkindly talked about her

697
00:31:11,352 --> 00:31:12,560
during her pregnancy in that way

698
00:31:12,594 --> 00:31:14,251
and I think that was
very painful for her.

699
00:31:14,286 --> 00:31:16,288
But additionally, and
far more seriously,

700
00:31:16,322 --> 00:31:19,463
she had actual physical issues, she had preeclampsia,

701
00:31:19,498 --> 00:31:21,845
which meant she had
to deliver North early

702
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:25,849
and then following the birth, she had a placental abruption,

703
00:31:25,884 --> 00:31:28,196
which meant that she had to have the placenta removed

704
00:31:28,231 --> 00:31:31,337
and it was also again life threatening and serious.

705
00:31:31,372 --> 00:31:35,272
- [Narrator] Kanye and Kim became engaged in October 2013

706
00:31:35,307 --> 00:31:39,311
and married on May 24th
2014 in Florence, Italy.

707
00:31:40,484 --> 00:31:43,280
- Kim and Kanye's
wedding in 2013

708
00:31:43,315 --> 00:31:46,490
was the biggest showbiz
story of the year.

709
00:31:46,525 --> 00:31:49,459
So they decide to get married, there's a huge proposal

710
00:31:49,493 --> 00:31:51,116
that ends up on YouTube.

711
00:31:51,150 --> 00:31:55,154
And then they decide that the wedding is gonna be in France.

712
00:31:55,189 --> 00:31:57,501
Versailles,
beautiful, wonderful.

713
00:31:57,536 --> 00:31:59,918
All of the guests
get flown to France,

714
00:31:59,952 --> 00:32:02,058
only to be told the night before the wedding,

715
00:32:02,092 --> 00:32:04,508
that they're getting flown to Florence in Italy.

716
00:32:04,543 --> 00:32:06,821
This is what happens when you got Kanye in charge

717
00:32:06,855 --> 00:32:07,684
of wedding plans.

718
00:32:07,718 --> 00:32:09,168
Anything is possible.

719
00:32:09,203 --> 00:32:11,239
He wants to make changes at thelast minute and Kim says yes

720
00:32:11,274 --> 00:32:12,171
because why not?

721
00:32:12,206 --> 00:32:14,760
They've got the money to do so.

722
00:32:14,794 --> 00:32:18,177
In May 2015, it was announced that Kim and Kanye

723
00:32:18,212 --> 00:32:20,904
were expecting
their second child.

724
00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:24,770
On June 21st 2015, Kim
confirmed via Instagram

725
00:32:26,358 --> 00:32:30,845
that she and Kanye
were expecting a boy
in December 2015.

726
00:32:30,879 --> 00:32:34,297
- Following the birth of North,she did get pregnant again

727
00:32:34,331 --> 00:32:36,092
with Saint and carried to term.

728
00:32:36,126 --> 00:32:39,854
But again had all
kinds of medical issues

729
00:32:39,888 --> 00:32:42,891
and was advised, according to her in the show,

730
00:32:42,926 --> 00:32:44,859
that she should not
be pregnant anymore

731
00:32:44,893 --> 00:32:47,275
and so they had
gestational carriers

732
00:32:47,310 --> 00:32:49,622
carry the next two babies.

733
00:32:49,657 --> 00:32:51,107
- I think Kanye's got
quite broad shoulders

734
00:32:51,141 --> 00:32:54,041
when it comes to dealing
with attention on him.

735
00:32:54,075 --> 00:32:55,697
I think actually he's
just quite like that.

736
00:32:55,732 --> 00:32:57,147
Then again, being
with the Kardashians

737
00:32:57,182 --> 00:33:00,185
brings a whole another level of scrutiny on you.

738
00:33:00,219 --> 00:33:02,049
They are the biggest reality stars in the world.

739
00:33:02,083 --> 00:33:03,878
Everyone knows them
across the globe.

740
00:33:03,912 --> 00:33:05,742
I think what's
surprising about Kanye

741
00:33:05,776 --> 00:33:07,019
is that he actually
allowed himself

742
00:33:07,054 --> 00:33:08,917
to be featured on
the reality show.

743
00:33:08,952 --> 00:33:11,023
I didn't think he'd wanna be associated, really,

744
00:33:11,058 --> 00:33:14,095
with that product but he seems to be okay with it.

745
00:33:14,130 --> 00:33:16,580
The other side of it
is the Kardashian women

746
00:33:16,615 --> 00:33:19,998
haven't had the best
luck in relationships

747
00:33:20,032 --> 00:33:21,758
with guys who have
appeared on the show

748
00:33:21,792 --> 00:33:25,244
so you didn't worry,
would that jinx things

749
00:33:25,279 --> 00:33:28,040
but he seems to have
taken it in his stride.

750
00:33:28,075 --> 00:33:30,767
- [Narrator] The next
month, Kanye headlined

751
00:33:30,801 --> 00:33:33,459
the Glastonbury Festival in U.K.

752
00:33:33,494 --> 00:33:37,532
despite a petition signed by almost 135,000 people

753
00:33:37,567 --> 00:33:39,431
against his appearance.

754
00:33:39,465 --> 00:33:42,227
Toward the end of the set, he proclaimed himself

755
00:33:42,261 --> 00:33:45,885
the greatest living
rock star on the planet.

756
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,508
- Kanye West is one
of those artists

757
00:33:47,542 --> 00:33:49,337
you either love or you hate.

758
00:33:49,372 --> 00:33:52,099
A lot of people have
called Kanye West,

759
00:33:52,133 --> 00:33:54,308
like Rolling Stone Magazine, one of the greatest artists

760
00:33:54,342 --> 00:33:55,550
of our time.

761
00:33:55,585 --> 00:33:56,965
But there are plenty of
other people who fail

762
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,864
to see the magic of Kanye,

763
00:33:58,898 --> 00:34:01,522
including the crowds
at Glastonbury.

764
00:34:01,556 --> 00:34:04,697
In fact, when Glastonbury organizers announced

765
00:34:04,732 --> 00:34:07,148
that Kanye West was
going to headline,

766
00:34:07,183 --> 00:34:08,943
they actually got death threats.

767
00:34:08,977 --> 00:34:12,429
You know, there's
a lot of people who
fail to see the talent

768
00:34:12,464 --> 00:34:14,742
and vision of this artist.

769
00:34:14,776 --> 00:34:16,261
And I suppose, you know, Kanye

770
00:34:16,295 --> 00:34:18,711
who considers himself the greatest artist of all time,

771
00:34:18,746 --> 00:34:21,404
would say that,
you know, prophets,

772
00:34:21,438 --> 00:34:23,682
I mean, like Jesus, who
he compares himself to,

773
00:34:23,716 --> 00:34:26,685
aren't always
appreciated at the time

774
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:28,238
is probably what he would say.

775
00:34:28,273 --> 00:34:30,551
But I just think not everybody likes his music.

776
00:34:30,585 --> 00:34:32,932
Not everybody thinks
that he's quite as good

777
00:34:32,967 --> 00:34:34,555
as he thinks he is.

778
00:34:35,556 --> 00:34:36,971
- In the last few years,

779
00:34:37,005 --> 00:34:38,766
I think probably starting with Jay-Z in 2008,

780
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:40,354
there's this annoying habit

781
00:34:40,388 --> 00:34:43,702
of fairly reactionary
Glastonbury goers
making a big fuss

782
00:34:43,736 --> 00:34:46,670
that gets picked up by the media about how so and so,

783
00:34:46,705 --> 00:34:48,224
Jay-Z or Metallica or whoever,

784
00:34:48,258 --> 00:34:50,122
does not deserve to
play Glastonbury.

785
00:34:50,157 --> 00:34:51,710
So there was this
massive petition

786
00:34:51,744 --> 00:34:56,128
with thousands of signatories say that Kanye

787
00:34:56,163 --> 00:34:58,096
was a kind of, booking
Kanye was a disgrace

788
00:34:58,130 --> 00:34:59,856
and he had nothing to do with the spirit of Glastonbury.

789
00:34:59,890 --> 00:35:02,307
And it is kind of
ridiculous because

790
00:35:02,341 --> 00:35:04,757
there's tons of differentpeople who play Glastonbury,

791
00:35:04,792 --> 00:35:08,554
there isn't one thing that you're allowed there

792
00:35:08,589 --> 00:35:13,594
and there is something aboutKanye that really riles people.

793
00:35:14,767 --> 00:35:18,288
He's hugely outspoken
in an abrasive way.

794
00:35:18,323 --> 00:35:21,153
And I think people particularly,some people particularly

795
00:35:21,188 --> 00:35:23,638
find it difficult
coming from a black man,

796
00:35:23,673 --> 00:35:25,468
coming from a rapper.

797
00:35:25,502 --> 00:35:28,574
And as everyone is entitled to like or dislike an artist,

798
00:35:28,609 --> 00:35:31,163
but I do think there's a kind of an unsavory undercurrent

799
00:35:31,198 --> 00:35:33,821
to how much people hate Kanye,

800
00:35:33,855 --> 00:35:36,651
whose I think artistic achievements on some level,

801
00:35:36,686 --> 00:35:39,482
are kind of inarguable the way that he's reshaped music,

802
00:35:39,516 --> 00:35:42,001
his influence is
sort of undeniable,

803
00:35:42,036 --> 00:35:43,589
even if you don't like him.

804
00:35:43,624 --> 00:35:46,005
And he had every
right to be there.

805
00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:48,767
What surprised me atGlastonbury was that beforehand,

806
00:35:48,801 --> 00:35:50,320
I was saying this
is either gonna be

807
00:35:50,355 --> 00:35:53,496
one of the best things ever or one of the worst things.

808
00:35:53,530 --> 00:35:57,258
There was a real thrill of like, what's gonna happen?

809
00:35:57,293 --> 00:35:59,778
And I was watching
it and it started off

810
00:35:59,812 --> 00:36:02,125
and it was fantastic
for the first few songs

811
00:36:02,160 --> 00:36:03,644
and it was just on
stage on his own

812
00:36:03,678 --> 00:36:07,061
with this bank of lights, and it was kind of intense

813
00:36:07,095 --> 00:36:10,271
and weird and
paranoid and stark.

814
00:36:10,306 --> 00:36:14,793
And then nothing else really happened and as it proceeded

815
00:36:14,827 --> 00:36:17,727
and around me people were looking a bit bored.

816
00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:20,385
And they weren't angry and they weren't thrilled.

817
00:36:20,419 --> 00:36:23,595
They were just like,
"Oh, is that it?"

818
00:36:24,768 --> 00:36:26,736
And that in a way
disappointed me more

819
00:36:26,770 --> 00:36:29,187
than if it had been terrible because I thought,

820
00:36:29,221 --> 00:36:31,534
"Oh dear people should
not be reacting to Kanye

821
00:36:31,568 --> 00:36:34,088
"in a kind of shrugging way."

822
00:36:34,122 --> 00:36:37,574
And it was a real if you're star rating the reviews,

823
00:36:37,609 --> 00:36:40,267
it was a sort of
three out of five set

824
00:36:40,301 --> 00:36:43,235
when you wanted it to really be like one or five.

825
00:36:43,270 --> 00:36:47,101
You wanted him to polarize and within the field,

826
00:36:47,135 --> 00:36:48,275
he didn't really polarize.

827
00:36:48,309 --> 00:36:49,828
There were good bits of the set,

828
00:36:49,862 --> 00:36:51,623
and there were bad
bits to the set.

829
00:36:51,657 --> 00:36:54,522
And it almost felt like he fell to earth a little bit

830
00:36:54,557 --> 00:36:55,834
and I know that he
was quite unhappy

831
00:36:55,868 --> 00:36:57,836
with aspects of
that performance.

832
00:36:57,870 --> 00:37:00,563
♪ And we'll do anything
when the time's right ♪

833
00:37:00,597 --> 00:37:01,943
♪ Uh, baby, you're making it

834
00:37:01,978 --> 00:37:03,255
♪ Harder, better,
faster, stronger ♪

835
00:37:03,290 --> 00:37:04,498
♪ Baby, you're making it

836
00:37:04,532 --> 00:37:06,983
♪ Now that that don't kill me

837
00:37:07,017 --> 00:37:09,261
♪ Can only make me stronger

838
00:37:09,296 --> 00:37:11,574
♪ I need you to hurry up now

839
00:37:11,608 --> 00:37:13,852
♪ Cause I can't
wait much longer ♪

840
00:37:13,886 --> 00:37:16,199
♪ I know I got to be right now

841
00:37:16,234 --> 00:37:18,374
♪ Cause I can't
get much wronger ♪

842
00:37:18,408 --> 00:37:20,859
♪ Man, I've been
waiting all night now ♪

843
00:37:20,893 --> 00:37:23,413
♪ That's how long I been on ya

844
00:37:23,448 --> 00:37:25,967
[soft music]

845
00:37:36,599 --> 00:37:39,843
- [Narrator] On the
14th of February 2016,

846
00:37:39,878 --> 00:37:42,639
Kanye finally released
his much anticipated

847
00:37:42,674 --> 00:37:44,331
eighth studio album.

848
00:37:45,573 --> 00:37:47,610
The album went through
four name changes

849
00:37:47,644 --> 00:37:52,304
before Kanye finally settled with "The Life of Pablo".

850
00:37:52,339 --> 00:37:54,444
- What was really interesting about "The Life of Pablo"

851
00:37:54,479 --> 00:37:57,413
was it was kind of an
evolving living album,

852
00:37:57,447 --> 00:37:59,449
unlike any other album
that had come before.

853
00:37:59,484 --> 00:38:01,555
Rather than having
that official release,

854
00:38:01,589 --> 00:38:04,005
this is the end product
it's done and dusted

855
00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:06,111
and just enjoy it what is.

856
00:38:06,145 --> 00:38:08,562
He continued tinkering
with it and editing it

857
00:38:08,596 --> 00:38:10,080
after it'd being released.

858
00:38:10,115 --> 00:38:13,532
So the final product wasn't really the final product.

859
00:38:13,567 --> 00:38:14,361
It was evolving.

860
00:38:14,395 --> 00:38:16,777
So that was interesting.

861
00:38:16,811 --> 00:38:19,262
I think, as well with the sound of "The Life of Pablo"

862
00:38:19,297 --> 00:38:22,886
it was more organic,
maybe family sound,

863
00:38:22,921 --> 00:38:24,888
I think you could tell
that his home life

864
00:38:24,923 --> 00:38:26,649
kind of seeped into that record,

865
00:38:26,683 --> 00:38:30,135
sort of like gospel stuff in there and religious references

866
00:38:30,169 --> 00:38:32,655
and just kind of
warm, uplifting album

867
00:38:32,689 --> 00:38:34,967
that showed he's hopefully back to his best

868
00:38:35,002 --> 00:38:38,557
and he's moved on from his mental health troubles.

869
00:38:38,592 --> 00:38:42,492
- The album "The Life of Pablo" people like that more.

870
00:38:42,527 --> 00:38:44,667
It seemed like people are really feeling the vibe of it

871
00:38:44,701 --> 00:38:46,082
and everything.

872
00:38:46,116 --> 00:38:48,326
It's because I was able
to make the Yeezys.

873
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:49,257
You know what I'm saying?

874
00:38:49,292 --> 00:38:50,466
I guess as a creative person,

875
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:53,745
you gotta have a bunch
of creative outlets.

876
00:38:53,779 --> 00:38:56,023
- Kanye's in quite a
strange phase creatively

877
00:38:56,057 --> 00:38:59,302
because he's sort of famed for producing albums

878
00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:02,995
which are very complete
cohesive works.

879
00:39:03,030 --> 00:39:05,653
Very different to the
one that came before,

880
00:39:05,688 --> 00:39:09,554
maybe you know dropped unannounced still impressive.

881
00:39:09,588 --> 00:39:12,833
And with "The Life of Pablo", it was talked about

882
00:39:12,867 --> 00:39:15,629
for over a year
before it came out.

883
00:39:15,663 --> 00:39:18,735
It had different titles,
he released singles

884
00:39:18,770 --> 00:39:20,116
that ended up not
appearing on it.

885
00:39:20,150 --> 00:39:21,980
And then they're
kind of reinstated.

886
00:39:22,014 --> 00:39:25,432
There was this messy launch and then the confusion

887
00:39:25,466 --> 00:39:26,640
over whether it was gonna be,

888
00:39:26,674 --> 00:39:28,538
how it was going to be available

889
00:39:28,573 --> 00:39:30,816
until you can be
able to buy it on CD

890
00:39:30,851 --> 00:39:32,853
and then you couldn't because it was only gonna be

891
00:39:32,887 --> 00:39:34,130
through Tidal.

892
00:39:34,164 --> 00:39:35,925
And then because it was
on a streaming platform

893
00:39:35,959 --> 00:39:37,582
and nobody actually owned it,

894
00:39:37,616 --> 00:39:39,860
he was then able to
kind of tinker with it.

895
00:39:39,894 --> 00:39:42,449
So there was a sense in which at one point you think,

896
00:39:42,483 --> 00:39:45,106
is this record ever
gonna be finished?

897
00:39:45,141 --> 00:39:47,350
Was he just gonna
keep working on it?

898
00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:50,146
And it's quite a
strangely messy,

899
00:39:50,180 --> 00:39:52,804
oddly sequenced record anyway.

900
00:39:52,838 --> 00:39:54,737
And from somebody that's used to sort of coming out

901
00:39:54,771 --> 00:39:57,222
with these quite
emphatic statements,

902
00:39:57,256 --> 00:39:59,258
there's a strange
sort of development

903
00:39:59,293 --> 00:40:02,917
which makes me wonder ifperhaps there's some uncertainty

904
00:40:02,952 --> 00:40:06,058
or self doubt or what exactly he's trying to achieve

905
00:40:06,093 --> 00:40:09,199
by having this kind of constantly unfinished album.

906
00:40:09,234 --> 00:40:11,374
[soft music]

907
00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:14,101
Kanye premiered the new album at Madison Square Garden

908
00:40:14,135 --> 00:40:17,449
as a part of the presentation of his Yeezy Season 3

909
00:40:17,484 --> 00:40:18,623
clothing line.

910
00:40:20,176 --> 00:40:23,317
The album was met with mixed reviews from critics.

911
00:40:23,351 --> 00:40:26,216
Rolling Stone Magazine
dubbed it both a mess

912
00:40:26,251 --> 00:40:28,046
and a masterpiece.

913
00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:30,911
However, despite the reviews, the album was still able

914
00:40:30,945 --> 00:40:35,329
to make it to number one
on the US Billboard 200.

915
00:40:35,363 --> 00:40:37,331
- At the time, "The Life
of Pablo" was released,

916
00:40:37,365 --> 00:40:40,403
it was actually the most successful streamed album.

917
00:40:40,438 --> 00:40:42,474
It still went to number
one in the charts.

918
00:40:42,509 --> 00:40:44,234
It was released only on Tidal

919
00:40:44,269 --> 00:40:47,479
through his pal's Jay-Z's streaming service.

920
00:40:47,514 --> 00:40:49,654
But despite that
limited release,

921
00:40:49,688 --> 00:40:51,379
it's still racked
up platinum status

922
00:40:51,414 --> 00:40:54,106
and was the first
album to do so.

923
00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,040
- [Narrator] After Life
of Pablo's release,

924
00:40:57,075 --> 00:41:01,148
Kanye's music career
seem to be back on form.

925
00:41:01,182 --> 00:41:06,015
However, in late 2016, Kanye experienced a series of events

926
00:41:06,049 --> 00:41:09,328
which really affected
his mental state.

927
00:41:09,363 --> 00:41:12,297
- I think one of the major factors that plays a part

928
00:41:12,331 --> 00:41:16,543
in his mental breakdown was Kim's robbery ordeal in Paris

929
00:41:16,577 --> 00:41:20,132
when massed armed robbers entered her hotel room,

930
00:41:20,167 --> 00:41:25,068
tied her up and stole millions of pounds worth of jewelry.

931
00:41:25,103 --> 00:41:27,795
- The five men all dressed as police officers

932
00:41:27,830 --> 00:41:31,350
entered through this door, theythen handcuff the concierge

933
00:41:31,385 --> 00:41:33,249
before putting a gun to his head

934
00:41:33,283 --> 00:41:36,597
and demanding that he took them to her apartment.

935
00:41:36,632 --> 00:41:39,393
Kim Kardashian was
then herself tied up,

936
00:41:39,427 --> 00:41:43,880
she has said to be badlyshaken, but physically unharmed.

937
00:41:43,915 --> 00:41:46,124
- Kanye wasn't with
her at the time,

938
00:41:46,158 --> 00:41:48,436
but understandably it had a massive effect on him

939
00:41:48,471 --> 00:41:51,060
knowing that his
wife was in danger

940
00:41:51,094 --> 00:41:53,096
and how shaken up
she was with it.

941
00:41:53,131 --> 00:41:55,720
Shortly after that,
Kanye canceled his tour

942
00:41:55,754 --> 00:41:59,102
and he was hospitalized
for a period of time

943
00:41:59,137 --> 00:42:03,900
where he underwent treatment for his mental health

944
00:42:03,935 --> 00:42:05,971
and his own benefit, really.

945
00:42:06,006 --> 00:42:09,872
- I think when two very famous people are in a relationship,

946
00:42:09,906 --> 00:42:12,909
there's sort of it operates on two levels on the one hand,

947
00:42:12,944 --> 00:42:15,049
it's these two people
who are in love.

948
00:42:15,084 --> 00:42:17,569
And on that level,
there's this great,

949
00:42:17,604 --> 00:42:19,295
the way that Kanye
talks about Kim,

950
00:42:19,329 --> 00:42:21,642
the way that he responded when she was robbed in Paris,

951
00:42:21,677 --> 00:42:23,920
just going short up a show.

952
00:42:23,955 --> 00:42:25,197
Everything he says he reveals

953
00:42:25,232 --> 00:42:28,200
this great affection
and admiration.

954
00:42:28,235 --> 00:42:31,514
And you know, he loves the family they started together.

955
00:42:31,549 --> 00:42:34,310
He thinks she's just a
fantastic human being,

956
00:42:34,344 --> 00:42:36,243
an entrepreneur.

957
00:42:36,277 --> 00:42:39,280
But then it's also this kind of chemical reaction

958
00:42:39,315 --> 00:42:43,215
of two very famous people, makes life very hard

959
00:42:44,423 --> 00:42:47,357
and much harder than
if he was with somebody

960
00:42:47,392 --> 00:42:49,083
who was not in the public eye.

961
00:42:49,118 --> 00:42:51,707
And she's very good
at being famous.

962
00:42:51,741 --> 00:42:54,606
She's very kind of relaxed.

963
00:42:54,641 --> 00:42:57,471
It's like, that's her
art form is celebrity.

964
00:42:57,505 --> 00:43:00,198
Whereas his art
form are elsewhere,

965
00:43:00,232 --> 00:43:03,097
it's music and he would like thinking of fashion and art

966
00:43:03,132 --> 00:43:04,616
and all these other things.

967
00:43:04,651 --> 00:43:07,205
And he's not actually very good at being famous.

968
00:43:07,239 --> 00:43:09,656
He can't relax into it.

969
00:43:09,690 --> 00:43:13,349
When you compare him to Jay-Z, his friend and mentor.

970
00:43:13,383 --> 00:43:17,008
Jay-Z again, very good
at it, very smooth

971
00:43:17,042 --> 00:43:21,529
and Kanye just seems so
stressed out by fame.

972
00:43:21,564 --> 00:43:25,982
And yet, now more than ever, he can't escape it.

973
00:43:26,017 --> 00:43:28,295
- [Narrator] These events really damaged Kanye's career

974
00:43:28,329 --> 00:43:32,713
leading to a vast array of controversial outburst.

975
00:43:32,748 --> 00:43:35,233
- One of the things is really hard to work out with Kanye

976
00:43:35,267 --> 00:43:39,099
is how much of his provocations are calculated

977
00:43:40,479 --> 00:43:42,585
to sort of get attention
or to make points.

978
00:43:42,620 --> 00:43:45,692
And how much is
simply him splurging.

979
00:43:45,726 --> 00:43:48,073
And I think there's
been quite a few cases

980
00:43:48,108 --> 00:43:51,111
where somebody has set him off, there's been a tweet

981
00:43:51,145 --> 00:43:53,734
or there's been someone making fun of him on a chat show

982
00:43:53,769 --> 00:43:55,598
and he lashes out.

983
00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:59,395
And that, to me, doesn't seem like a thought through thing

984
00:43:59,429 --> 00:44:01,466
and I sometimes wonder about his stage invasions

985
00:44:01,500 --> 00:44:02,881
at award ceremonies.

986
00:44:02,916 --> 00:44:04,883
Is he thinking in the
car on the way there

987
00:44:04,918 --> 00:44:08,128
that's what I'm gonna do or does it just sort of erupt

988
00:44:08,162 --> 00:44:11,200
and there's probably
like a bit of both

989
00:44:11,234 --> 00:44:15,238
but I think a lot of his
more outrageous tweets

990
00:44:15,273 --> 00:44:17,447
it's just him uncensored.

991
00:44:17,482 --> 00:44:19,864
And then I think he feels that there's a value

992
00:44:19,898 --> 00:44:21,141
in being uncensored.

993
00:44:21,175 --> 00:44:23,419
So he doesn't then
go back and regret

994
00:44:23,453 --> 00:44:25,801
or apologize for
all these things.

995
00:44:25,835 --> 00:44:28,942
But I think a lot of it
comes out spontaneously

996
00:44:28,976 --> 00:44:30,702
and then he justifies it.

997
00:44:30,737 --> 00:44:32,980
And some of the
stuff I find as a fan

998
00:44:33,015 --> 00:44:34,395
is kind of embarrassing.

999
00:44:34,430 --> 00:44:35,638
It's like, why are you wasting your time doing that?

1000
00:44:35,673 --> 00:44:37,605
Why are you feuding
with this person?

1001
00:44:37,640 --> 00:44:40,678
Why are you making this
kind of crass remark?

1002
00:44:40,712 --> 00:44:42,990
Why are you sort of
stooping to that?

1003
00:44:43,025 --> 00:44:45,544
But that's because that's him.

1004
00:44:45,579 --> 00:44:48,720
That's part of him that he can make this fantastic art

1005
00:44:48,755 --> 00:44:50,929
and then make you put
your head in your hands

1006
00:44:50,964 --> 00:44:52,897
with some stupid tweet.

1007
00:44:53,898 --> 00:44:56,314
[soft music]

1008
00:45:11,398 --> 00:45:15,298
After his rehab visit,
Kanye surprisingly met

1009
00:45:15,333 --> 00:45:18,232
with the then President
Elect, Donald Trump

1010
00:45:18,267 --> 00:45:20,718
to discuss politics and life.

1011
00:45:22,409 --> 00:45:26,793
News footage of the meetingshowed a peculiar side to Kanye

1012
00:45:26,827 --> 00:45:28,656
as he just smiled
and said nothing

1013
00:45:28,691 --> 00:45:30,417
during the whole
press conference.

1014
00:45:30,451 --> 00:45:31,901
- I think Kanye
meeting with Donald

1015
00:45:31,936 --> 00:45:35,008
took everyone by surprise because Donald wasn't known

1016
00:45:35,042 --> 00:45:37,907
for being popular among
the black community.

1017
00:45:37,942 --> 00:45:41,842
And seeing Kanye visit
him at Trump Tower

1018
00:45:41,877 --> 00:45:45,501
and then have a rather lengthy conversation and come out

1019
00:45:45,535 --> 00:45:49,539
and endorse the president was quite surprising.

1020
00:45:49,574 --> 00:45:51,749
- I made a hat that said, "Make America Great"

1021
00:45:51,783 --> 00:45:54,441
without the again and
Trump wore the hat

1022
00:45:54,475 --> 00:45:56,546
because he said he's
willing to adjust

1023
00:45:56,581 --> 00:45:59,929
because he realized that the word again hurts us as people,

1024
00:45:59,964 --> 00:46:01,862
specifically black
people, the idea.

1025
00:46:01,897 --> 00:46:04,865
Because we say, "Whenwas America ever great for us?"

1026
00:46:04,900 --> 00:46:08,213
So we made and updated hatthat said, "Make America Great"

1027
00:46:08,248 --> 00:46:09,939
and Trump wore the hat.

1028
00:46:09,974 --> 00:46:13,805
So he is open to
adjusting and listening.

1029
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:15,807
I just wanted y'all
to put this online

1030
00:46:15,842 --> 00:46:18,706
so everyone can
definitely see it.

1031
00:46:19,846 --> 00:46:23,056
- I think despite Trump
winning the election,

1032
00:46:23,090 --> 00:46:25,955
I think among Kanye fans, they weren't too pleased

1033
00:46:25,990 --> 00:46:27,819
that he had endorsed Trump

1034
00:46:27,854 --> 00:46:30,063
because of some of thecontroversial things he'd said.

1035
00:46:30,097 --> 00:46:32,720
He seems kind of backtracked on that support

1036
00:46:32,755 --> 00:46:35,447
that he gave him but I think the damage was already done

1037
00:46:35,482 --> 00:46:37,070
when he was pictured
at the meeting

1038
00:46:37,104 --> 00:46:39,313
and what he came
out with after that.

1039
00:46:39,348 --> 00:46:41,212
- I think it's the bravery

1040
00:46:41,246 --> 00:46:44,180
that helps you beat
this game called life.

1041
00:46:44,215 --> 00:46:48,046
They try to scare me to not wear this hat, my own friends,

1042
00:46:48,081 --> 00:46:51,429
but this hat it gives
me power in a way.

1043
00:46:54,052 --> 00:46:55,157
- [Narrator] On top of that,

1044
00:46:55,191 --> 00:46:56,606
Kanye was still getting involved

1045
00:46:56,641 --> 00:46:58,746
with online Twitter
controversies

1046
00:46:58,781 --> 00:47:02,750
having a go at a variety of organizations and individuals

1047
00:47:02,785 --> 00:47:05,374
such as the Grammys,
music critics,

1048
00:47:05,408 --> 00:47:09,447
and even stating that he is thegreatest rapper of all time.

1049
00:47:09,481 --> 00:47:10,966
- Kanye's mother said that one of the things he got

1050
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:14,590
from his father was this sort of intolerance for injustice.

1051
00:47:14,624 --> 00:47:16,247
And sometimes that
manifests itself

1052
00:47:16,281 --> 00:47:17,765
in a political statement.

1053
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,355
And then at other times what he defines as injustice

1054
00:47:21,390 --> 00:47:23,875
seems kind of trivial.

1055
00:47:23,910 --> 00:47:27,430
It's like he's upset because he hasn't got a Grammy

1056
00:47:27,465 --> 00:47:29,122
or an MTV award.

1057
00:47:29,156 --> 00:47:34,092
And his rage about those things, seems to be equivalent

1058
00:47:34,127 --> 00:47:36,439
to his rage about
political things.

1059
00:47:36,474 --> 00:47:38,372
In fact, sometimes it
seems to eclipse that

1060
00:47:38,407 --> 00:47:40,996
from some more about award shows than he has about

1061
00:47:41,030 --> 00:47:42,031
Black Lives Matter.

1062
00:47:42,066 --> 00:47:44,896
And he has the sense in a way

1063
00:47:44,931 --> 00:47:48,624
that success is like a
science or like sport

1064
00:47:50,005 --> 00:47:52,662
and that there are rules

1065
00:47:52,697 --> 00:47:54,181
and there are winners and losers

1066
00:47:54,216 --> 00:47:56,943
and it should just be obvious who is the best and who isn't.

1067
00:47:56,977 --> 00:47:58,634
And of course, in art,
it's not like that

1068
00:47:58,668 --> 00:48:00,118
and people just have preferences

1069
00:48:00,153 --> 00:48:03,432
and maybe they prefer another video to his video

1070
00:48:03,466 --> 00:48:04,916
or a Beyonce video.

1071
00:48:04,951 --> 00:48:07,332
And there's part of him that just cannot accept that

1072
00:48:07,367 --> 00:48:09,576
and despite his
enormous success,

1073
00:48:09,610 --> 00:48:12,061
feels, in some
way, hard done by.

1074
00:48:12,096 --> 00:48:14,753
[upbeat music]

1075
00:48:14,788 --> 00:48:16,100
- [Narrator] It was easy to say

1076
00:48:16,134 --> 00:48:18,205
that at this point
in Kanye's career,

1077
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,759
his mental state
and attitude to life

1078
00:48:20,794 --> 00:48:24,177
had changed from
his earlier career.

1079
00:48:24,211 --> 00:48:26,248
- This thing that the
media tries to make

1080
00:48:26,282 --> 00:48:29,941
this ongoing story
and everything for
hits and about that.

1081
00:48:29,976 --> 00:48:33,669
I don't think people care about me and her in that way.

1082
00:48:33,703 --> 00:48:36,775
People care about
their families.

1083
00:48:36,810 --> 00:48:39,744
If you like my
music, listen to it.

1084
00:48:41,504 --> 00:48:43,990
[soft music]

1085
00:48:49,512 --> 00:48:51,963
- [Narrator] After a period of Kanye only hitting headlines

1086
00:48:51,998 --> 00:48:56,726
for controversy reasons, some positivity was much needed.

1087
00:48:57,900 --> 00:49:01,214
This came in 2018 when
Kanye and his wife, Kim

1088
00:49:01,248 --> 00:49:03,768
announced the birth
of their third child.

1089
00:49:03,802 --> 00:49:07,427
A daughter named Chicago who was born via gestation carrier

1090
00:49:07,461 --> 00:49:08,359
in January.

1091
00:49:09,843 --> 00:49:13,122
- For that third child Kim decided to use a surrogate

1092
00:49:13,157 --> 00:49:15,883
rather than giving
birth naturally.

1093
00:49:15,918 --> 00:49:17,747
There was a lot of
media speculation

1094
00:49:17,782 --> 00:49:19,266
about who the surrogate was.

1095
00:49:19,301 --> 00:49:21,717
I understand the family wanted to keep that private.

1096
00:49:21,751 --> 00:49:22,821
They did let people know

1097
00:49:22,856 --> 00:49:24,133
that they had
handpicked this person,

1098
00:49:24,168 --> 00:49:26,894
they were happy with
her carrying the baby.

1099
00:49:26,929 --> 00:49:28,517
[soft music]

1100
00:49:28,551 --> 00:49:29,794
- [Narrator] The
couple's happy news

1101
00:49:29,828 --> 00:49:31,347
reaped high level
of media coverage,

1102
00:49:31,382 --> 00:49:33,936
not just because of
Kenya's recent trouble

1103
00:49:33,971 --> 00:49:36,835
but also because of their daughters manner of birth

1104
00:49:36,870 --> 00:49:38,630
and her name.

1105
00:49:38,665 --> 00:49:40,011
- Kim's always been quite open

1106
00:49:40,046 --> 00:49:42,772
about why she used a surrogate.

1107
00:49:42,807 --> 00:49:44,671
She has couple of
high risk conditions

1108
00:49:44,705 --> 00:49:48,675
after her previous births that could cause harm to her

1109
00:49:48,709 --> 00:49:50,194
and potentially the baby.

1110
00:49:50,228 --> 00:49:52,955
So her and Kanye explored all the options available to them

1111
00:49:52,990 --> 00:49:54,508
and they decided that surrogacy

1112
00:49:54,543 --> 00:49:57,718
was definitely the
best option for them.

1113
00:49:57,753 --> 00:50:00,998
- [Narrator] In May 2019, Kanye and wife Kim,

1114
00:50:01,032 --> 00:50:03,724
welcomed their fourth
child, Psalm West.

1115
00:50:03,759 --> 00:50:06,417
[upbeat music]

1116
00:50:10,697 --> 00:50:15,702
On January 6th 2019,
West started his
weekly Sunday service

1117
00:50:16,427 --> 00:50:17,600
church orchestration.

1118
00:50:17,635 --> 00:50:20,086
Which includes soul
variations of both West

1119
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:24,297
and others songs attended by multiple celebrities.

1120
00:50:25,263 --> 00:50:28,922
- Kanye himself has had some kind of spiritual reawakening

1121
00:50:28,956 --> 00:50:30,786
related to his Christian faith.

1122
00:50:30,820 --> 00:50:33,651
And he has been expressing that through the setting up

1123
00:50:33,685 --> 00:50:35,687
of what he calls
his Sunday service,

1124
00:50:35,722 --> 00:50:40,175
where he performs and organizes a Sunday service.

1125
00:50:40,209 --> 00:50:43,040
The location changes,
it's by invitation only.

1126
00:50:43,074 --> 00:50:45,870
It's not a normal church, it's usually outside.

1127
00:50:45,904 --> 00:50:48,079
He controls and tells
people what to wear,

1128
00:50:48,114 --> 00:50:50,495
there's a dress code
because, God forbid,

1129
00:50:50,530 --> 00:50:55,431
Kanye's senses are assaulted by ugly colors or fabrics.

1130
00:50:55,466 --> 00:50:58,089
And he has a choir that
he leads and they sing

1131
00:50:58,124 --> 00:51:00,264
and it's mostly singing.

1132
00:51:00,298 --> 00:51:01,955
- They say like with this whole like Sunday service

1133
00:51:01,989 --> 00:51:04,164
is supposed to
spread positivity.

1134
00:51:04,199 --> 00:51:05,510
- [Interviewer] Promoting it.

1135
00:51:05,545 --> 00:51:07,340
- Yeah, so that's the
whole point of this,

1136
00:51:07,374 --> 00:51:09,135
it's supposed to bring
everybody together

1137
00:51:09,169 --> 00:51:12,310
and just have a good time and just vibe as well

1138
00:51:12,345 --> 00:51:14,036
and enjoy his music.

1139
00:51:15,486 --> 00:51:18,316
- As Kim has said, there's no preaching, there's no sermon,

1140
00:51:18,351 --> 00:51:19,938
it's a lot of singing,
and it's a chance

1141
00:51:19,973 --> 00:51:22,182
to just connect
to a higher power.

1142
00:51:22,217 --> 00:51:24,736
A lot of celebrities go, we've seen Brad Pitt there

1143
00:51:24,771 --> 00:51:26,186
on more than one occasion.

1144
00:51:26,221 --> 00:51:29,465
We've seen the Kardashian clan,Kendall is there frequently

1145
00:51:29,500 --> 00:51:31,674
and they attend and it is,

1146
00:51:32,951 --> 00:51:35,437
a lot of criticism
has been leveled at it

1147
00:51:35,471 --> 00:51:37,715
because it seems like everyone's worshiping Kanye.

1148
00:51:37,749 --> 00:51:41,028
In fact, the other choir membersare seen as his disciples.

1149
00:51:41,063 --> 00:51:42,858
And we do know he
calls himself Ye

1150
00:51:42,892 --> 00:51:47,345
and even like this whole Jesus kind of comparison.

1151
00:51:47,380 --> 00:51:49,623
So there has been some criticism

1152
00:51:49,658 --> 00:51:53,317
that Kanye has actually createdsort of a cult of Kanye.

1153
00:51:53,351 --> 00:51:55,353
Are they worshiping him or are they worshiping God?

1154
00:51:55,388 --> 00:51:58,770
Kanye says no, I mean his albumwas called "Jesus is King".

1155
00:51:58,805 --> 00:52:00,841
So he would argue
that that's not true.

1156
00:52:00,876 --> 00:52:02,671
But this has been a real
expression, I think,

1157
00:52:02,705 --> 00:52:06,468
of his personal recommitment to Christianity.

1158
00:52:20,620 --> 00:52:23,623
♪ Jesus walks

1159
00:52:23,657 --> 00:52:25,866
♪ Jesus walks

1160
00:52:25,901 --> 00:52:30,906
♪ Jesus walks with me

1161
00:52:31,838 --> 00:52:34,599
♪ Jesus walks

1162
00:52:34,634 --> 00:52:37,188
♪ Jesus walks

1163
00:52:37,223 --> 00:52:39,225
♪ Jesus walks with me

1164
00:52:39,259 --> 00:52:41,572
- Interestingly,
and unsurprisingly,

1165
00:52:41,606 --> 00:52:44,954
Kanye's newfound faith has caused tension at home,

1166
00:52:44,989 --> 00:52:46,680
he doesn't want
North wearing makeup,

1167
00:52:46,715 --> 00:52:50,167
he doesn't want him wearing all the sexy outfits

1168
00:52:50,201 --> 00:52:51,409
that she favors.

1169
00:52:51,444 --> 00:52:53,894
He wants her to tone
it down as his wife,

1170
00:52:53,929 --> 00:52:55,586
which is, you know, fair enough.

1171
00:52:55,620 --> 00:52:57,829
But Kim is not happy with this.

1172
00:52:57,864 --> 00:52:59,348
She doesn't want
the rules changed

1173
00:52:59,383 --> 00:53:01,074
at this stage of the game.

1174
00:53:01,108 --> 00:53:03,766
And that has definitely
been a source of tension

1175
00:53:03,801 --> 00:53:06,976
which we've seen
play out on the show.

1176
00:53:07,011 --> 00:53:10,187
- [Narrator] Kanye performedthe first public Sunday service

1177
00:53:10,221 --> 00:53:13,776
at Coachella on Easter
weekend, April 2019.

1178
00:53:14,708 --> 00:53:18,919
♪ You're the only power

1179
00:53:18,954 --> 00:53:22,923
♪ That can save
this world today ♪

1180
00:53:22,958 --> 00:53:26,824
♪ Power

1181
00:53:26,858 --> 00:53:30,793
♪ Power

1182
00:53:30,828 --> 00:53:34,901
♪ Power

1183
00:53:34,935 --> 00:53:39,319
♪ Power that can save us today

1184
00:53:39,354 --> 00:53:41,148
♪ Beautiful morning

1185
00:53:41,183 --> 00:53:43,392
- I think it's more of a message of spreading kindness,

1186
00:53:43,427 --> 00:53:45,256
caring for others,
especially in a society

1187
00:53:45,291 --> 00:53:46,671
in which we live today.

1188
00:53:46,706 --> 00:53:48,155
I think that's important.

1189
00:53:48,190 --> 00:53:52,746
And so if we're not gonna listen to our parents,

1190
00:53:52,781 --> 00:53:54,507
well, we're gonna
listen to Kanye.

1191
00:53:54,541 --> 00:53:56,267
- He performs a lot
of that type of music

1192
00:53:56,302 --> 00:53:58,165
that are performed in churches around the world

1193
00:53:58,200 --> 00:53:59,339
and the country.

1194
00:53:59,374 --> 00:54:00,823
So it's not like
it's just his music

1195
00:54:00,858 --> 00:54:02,342
and he's not even the one

1196
00:54:02,377 --> 00:54:04,033
that's doing most of the performances in the past.

1197
00:54:04,068 --> 00:54:05,966
Like he has other
people helping him out.

1198
00:54:06,001 --> 00:54:08,417
And he's just kind of there to promote it and do his thing

1199
00:54:08,452 --> 00:54:10,557
and vibe to it like everyone else is I guess.

1200
00:54:10,592 --> 00:54:13,250
[upbeat music]

1201
00:54:16,425 --> 00:54:19,256
- [Narrator] On
October 25th 2019,

1202
00:54:19,290 --> 00:54:23,881
he released "Jesus is King", a Christian hip-hop album.

1203
00:54:25,054 --> 00:54:27,471
On the U.S. charts, the
album became the first

1204
00:54:27,505 --> 00:54:31,923
to ever top the billboard 200 top RnB hip-hop albums,

1205
00:54:33,235 --> 00:54:36,203
top rap albums, top
Christian albums

1206
00:54:36,238 --> 00:54:39,483
and top gospel albums
at the same time.

1207
00:54:41,554 --> 00:54:44,936
On December 25th
2019, Kanye released

1208
00:54:44,971 --> 00:54:47,767
a sort of prequel album
to "Jesus is King"

1209
00:54:47,801 --> 00:54:49,631
called "Jesus is Born".

1210
00:54:49,665 --> 00:54:53,082
This is also a part of this gospel Sunday service.

1211
00:54:53,117 --> 00:54:57,121
It has 19 songs, which includesa cover of West's own song,

1212
00:54:57,155 --> 00:54:58,364
"Ultralight Beam".

1213
00:54:58,398 --> 00:55:00,124
♪ We on an ultralight beam

1214
00:55:00,158 --> 00:55:01,746
♪ This is a God dream

1215
00:55:01,781 --> 00:55:03,955
♪ This is a God dream

1216
00:55:03,990 --> 00:55:08,339
♪ This is everything

1217
00:55:08,374 --> 00:55:13,379
♪ This is everything

1218
00:55:15,070 --> 00:55:16,761
♪ We on an ultralight beam

1219
00:55:16,796 --> 00:55:18,936
♪ We on an ultralight beam

1220
00:55:18,970 --> 00:55:20,351
♪ This is a God dream

1221
00:55:20,386 --> 00:55:22,526
♪ This is a God dream

1222
00:55:22,905 --> 00:55:26,392
- I believe that the
world can be changed,

1223
00:55:27,496 --> 00:55:30,223
the world can be
saved through design,

1224
00:55:30,257 --> 00:55:33,468
through unselfish design, through unselfish creation.

1225
00:55:33,502 --> 00:55:36,712
[upbeat music]

1226
00:55:36,747 --> 00:55:39,508
- [Narrator] Despite Kanye West's outspoken behavior,

1227
00:55:39,543 --> 00:55:41,614
it is hard to deny that
he is one of hip-hop's

1228
00:55:41,648 --> 00:55:45,928
most influential rappers
the world has ever seen.

1229
00:55:45,963 --> 00:55:48,379
- Kanye West will
definitely be remembered

1230
00:55:48,414 --> 00:55:50,519
as one of the greatest
rappers of all time

1231
00:55:50,554 --> 00:55:51,762
when all is said and done.

1232
00:55:51,796 --> 00:55:53,867
His production is
second to none,

1233
00:55:53,902 --> 00:55:56,525
even throughout his
meltdown that he had,

1234
00:55:56,560 --> 00:55:59,459
it hasn't done too much
to dent his reputation.

1235
00:55:59,494 --> 00:56:02,393
Even his reality star family, love them or hate them,

1236
00:56:02,428 --> 00:56:03,429
haven't done
anything to take away

1237
00:56:03,463 --> 00:56:04,878
from the quality of his music.

1238
00:56:04,913 --> 00:56:07,260
I think if he keeps innovating the way he has done,

1239
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he's gonna be remembered as one of the best for sure.

1240
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1241
00:56:11,644 --> 00:56:12,955
- We were never
trying to make radio,

1242
00:56:12,990 --> 00:56:14,819
we were trying to break radio.

1243
00:56:14,854 --> 00:56:16,580
That's a lot of
artistic freedom.

1244
00:56:16,614 --> 00:56:19,479
We keep on trying to break records and allow the artist

1245
00:56:19,514 --> 00:56:20,446
to be free.

1246
00:56:21,585 --> 00:56:22,758
That's the whole movement.

1247
00:56:22,793 --> 00:56:25,658
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1248
00:56:25,692 --> 00:56:28,074
- [Narrator] Kanye's future may always be uncertain

1249
00:56:28,108 --> 00:56:31,215
but it is safe to say that his legacy will live on

1250
00:56:31,249 --> 00:56:33,010
and his albums will
go down in history

1251
00:56:33,044 --> 00:56:37,773
as some of the most influentialalbums of the 21st century.

1252
00:56:37,808 --> 00:56:40,155
- People make the mistake of taking Kanye too literally

1253
00:56:40,189 --> 00:56:42,640
when he's making these
bombastic statements.

1254
00:56:42,675 --> 00:56:44,435
And one of the
reasons he does it

1255
00:56:44,470 --> 00:56:47,231
is because it's sort
of gets attention.

1256
00:56:47,265 --> 00:56:50,268
Another thing is to goad himself into being better

1257
00:56:50,303 --> 00:56:51,960
if you make these
outlandish claims,

1258
00:56:51,994 --> 00:56:54,031
you have to try and at
least live up to them.

1259
00:56:54,065 --> 00:56:55,515
Plus, there's always been a tradition in hip-hop

1260
00:56:55,550 --> 00:56:57,621
of saying you're the best.

1261
00:56:57,655 --> 00:56:59,933
Way back when people in the first ever hip-hop record,

1262
00:56:59,968 --> 00:57:02,729
people were saying how great they were with women

1263
00:57:02,764 --> 00:57:04,559
or how good their watch was.

1264
00:57:04,593 --> 00:57:06,181
And he's doing
that, he's doing it

1265
00:57:06,215 --> 00:57:09,391
on this kind of
massive nuclear scale.

1266
00:57:10,806 --> 00:57:13,775
- [Narrator] Kanye's genius is noticeable around the world

1267
00:57:13,809 --> 00:57:17,123
and he will forever be one of the greatest hip-hop artists

1268
00:57:17,157 --> 00:57:18,538
of all time.

1269
00:57:18,573 --> 00:57:21,092
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