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Kanye West Quotes




Kanye West Song Quotes

"I hate when a nigga text you like, "what's up, fam, oh you good?"
You say, "I'm good" then great, the next text they ask you for somethin'"
-Kanye West
from Real Friends (2016)
"Lookin' for all my real friends
How many of us? How many of us are real friends"
-Kanye West
from Real Friends (2016)
"Beautiful morning,
You're the sun in my morning babe"
-Kid Cudi
from Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 (2016)
"I think I think too much"
-Ty Dolla
from Fade (2016)
"I've been tryin' to make you love me
But everything I try just takes you further from me"
-Kid Cudi
from Ghost Town (2018)
"The most beautiful thoughts are always beside the darkest"
-Kanye West
from I Thought About Killing You (2018)
"She told me to go to hell like I ain't been yet
And I still put in overtime like I ain't win yet"
-Kanye West
from Ok Ok (2021)
"I'll be honest, we all liars"
-Kanye West
from Jail (2021)
"But Angels start to tell me
It's okay to not feel okay"
-Kanye West
from God Breathed (2021)
"It's the life of the party, to think I could've almost died
Lord, help us"
-Kanye West
from Life of The Party (2021)
"Personal worth is not what a person is worth"
-Kanye West
from Pure Souls (2021)
"Why the hell are you hatin' so damn hard? Someone must pay you"
-Kanye West
from Ok Ok (2022)
"First I snatched the street then I snatched the charts,
First had they ear now I have their heart"
-Z
from Never Let Me Down (2022)
"Wait, no hard feelings, but these feelings hard though"
-Kanye West
from True Love (2022)
"True love shouldn't be this complicated
I thought I'd die in your arms"
-XXXTENTACION
from True Love (2022)
"This my life, not a quote"
-Kanye West
from Problematic (2024)
"Sum of all the parts that you have taken
Are a fraction of the parts that make me whole"
-Chris Brown
from BEG FORGIVENESS (2024)
"Our love is
Burnin' like a candlelight
Your love is dangerous"
-Ty Dolla $ign
from BURN (2024)
"That's why I gotta break the curses that were sent for me
This is hard work working, this ain't destiny"
-Ty Dolla $ign
from Talking (2024)


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Kanye West is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer, film director, entrepreneur and fashion designer from Chicago, Illinois.

West first gained prominence as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records; he achieved recognition for his work on rapper Jay-Z's The Blueprint (2001), as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson.

West is one of the best-selling and among the most awarded artists in popular music. West has won a total of 21 Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time -Wikipedia
Birth Name: Kanye Omari West
Born: June 8, 1977
From: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m)
Parents: Donda West, Ray West
Spouse(s): Kim Kardashian ​ ​(m. 2014; div. 2022)
Children: 4, including North
Genre(s): Hip hop
Instrument(s): Vocals, keyboards, sampler, percussion, synthesizer
Occupation(s): Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, director, fashion designer, entrepreneur
Active From: 1996-present
Associated Acts: Charlie Wilson, Child Rebel Soldier, Common, Go-Getters, Jay-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Wayne, Mike Dean, Mos Def, No I.D., Talib Kweli
Did You Know:
• Lived in China with his mother when he was 10.

• California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the "Donda West Law," named after his mother, which makes it mandatory for patients to provide medical clearance for elective cosmetic surgery.
Awards:
American Music Awards - 2 wins - 8 Nominations

ASCAP Awards - 6 wins - 6 Nominations

Australia Video Music Award - 0 wins - 3 Nominations

BET Awards - 7 wins - 30 Nominations

BET Hip Hop Awards - 11 wins - 53 Nominations

Billboard Music Awards - 4 wins - 17 Nominations

Billboard Spin Awards - 1 wins - 1 Nominations

Billboard Year-End Chart Awards - 1 wins - 1 Nominations

Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards - 2 wins - 8 Nominations

Bravo A-List Awards - 0 wins - 4 Nominations

BMI Urban Music - 13 wins - 13 Nominations

BRIT Awards - 3 wins - 8 Nominations

ECHO Awards - 1 wins - 1 Nominations

Grammy Awards - 21 wins - 53 Nominations

GQ Awards - 2 wins - 2 Nominations

International Dance Music Awards - 1 wins - 1 Nominations

Meteor Music Awards - 1 wins - 1 Nominations

MOBO Awards - 6 wins - 17 Nominations

MTV Asia Music Awards - 0 wins - 2 Nominations

MTV Europe Music Awards - 2 wins - 17 Nominations

MTV's Annual Hottest MC - 1 wins - 6 Nominations

MTV Video Music Awards - 4 wins - 38 Nominations

mtvU Woodie Award - 1 wins - 2 Nominations

MuchMusic - 3 wins - 11 Nominations

NAACP Image Awards - 1 wins - 14 Nominations

NME Awards - 3 wins - 6 Nominations

O Music Awards - 2 wins - 4 Nominations

People's Choice Awards - 2 wins - 4 Nominations

Planeta Awards - 0 wins - 1 Nominations

Soul Train Award - 1 wins - 4 Nominations

Source Awards - 3 wins - 7 Nominations

Sucker Free Awards - 2 wins - 3 Nominations

Teen Choice Awards - 1 wins - 7 Nominations

TRL Awards - 1 wins - 2 Nominations

Vibe Awards - 2 wins - 10 Nominations

Video Music Awards Japan - 2 wins - 4 Nominations

World Music Awards - 2 wins - 14 Nominations
Quotes:
"George Bush doesn't care about black people, ... They're saying black families are looting and white families are just looking for food...they're giving the (Army) permission to shoot us?"
-September 2, 2005, during a benefit concert for Hurricane Katrina relief on NBC (alongside actor Mike Myers)

"I'm sorry, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."
-On September 13, during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, after going onstage during Taylor Swift's acceptance speech.

"I ain't here to argue about his facial features. Or here to convert atheists into believers. I'm just trying to say the way school need teachers the way Kathie Lee needed Regis that's the way yall need Jesus."

"And wouldn't change by the change, or the game, or the fame, when he came, in the game, he made his own name"?

"I said Yo Jay, I can rap. And I spit this rap that said I'm killin' ya'll *****s on this lyrical sh*t, mayonnaise colored benz, I push miracle whips."?

"If you have the opportunity to play this game of life you need to appreciate every moment. a lot of people don`t appreciate the moment until it`s passed"?

"They say you can rap about anything except for Jesus, that means guns, sex, lies, video tapes, but if I talk about God my record won't get played Huh?"