How Tall Is Kanye West

Is the question “How tall is Kanye West?” driving you crazy? Kanye Omari West was born on the 8th of June 1977, and first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records. The Artist stands at 5’9″ tall. He has produced Jay-Z’s mega successful album “The Blueprint” and that got him huge recognition as one of the best hip-hop producers around. Currently he is a well known record producer, rapper, musician and a singer residing in Chicago, Illinois -USA.

His alliteration rhyming used in his lyrics is highly intoxicating and enchanting. With years passing by, Kanye West has also tasted success by broadening his style of music to arena rock, folk, ’70s R&B, hip hop, baroque pop, electronic, classical music, alternative and synth-pop.

Kanye West was born to parents Ray West and Dr. Donda West in Atlanta, Georgia. They got divorced when he was 3 years of age. His father was a former member of The Black Panthers and mother an English professor at the university. After Kanye’s parents’ divorce, the artist shifted to Chicago with his mother and was raised in a middle-class background.

Kanye West attended The American Academy of Art in Chicago and then went to The Chicago State University but drops out due to poor grades and focused entirely on his career in music.

Early Life

During the time Kanye went to school he also produced music for local artists. But he became really popular after producing single hits for Jay-Z, Janet Jackson, Talid Kweli, Paul Wall, Cam’ron, Jermaine, Common, Alicia Keys, John Legend and many others. He was also a ghost producer for his mentor Deric Angelettie. The talent started out with his music on the backdrop of gray sounds of 1990’s. West polished the New York Rap to sheen. His lyrical rapping had a raw edge to it and was based on themes like college dropouts, class struggle and higher education, that were all based on his real life experiences.

Career

Kanye West started out his musical career in the year of 1996. He debuted as a producer in the album “Down to Earth” by the rapper Gary. Though he didn’t get success through his first album, he eventually went on to produce for popular artists and the Harlem Group.

West got his first break in the year 2000 for the Jay-Z song “This Can’t Be Life” from the album “The Dynasty: Roc La Familia”. After his first big success into the musical world he soon became the most sought after producer in the industry for the genre of Hip Hop.

After a successful run as a producer Mr. West sought to become a rapper and a solo artist. He broke the image of being just a producer by his first solo “Through the wire”, which was an inspiration from his near fatal car accident. He later became a very successful rapper and Rolling Stone magazine awarded his second studio album “Late Registration”. The album also topped many critic polls. After producing loads of hits like “808s & Heartbreak” and “Graduation”, he started giving live performances too.

Kanye West is a man who sings about what he believes in and yet does so. So are you still looking for the answer to how tall is Kanye West?

Kanye West height is 5’9″(175cm) Checkout other famous celebrity heights here.