In 2013, Kanye West became a father. In 2014, he got married. In 2015, he announced he’d be running for President. Now he’s calling his brand-new LP “the greatest album of all time”. Larry Bartleet asks how he got there.
June 15, 2013
Kanye’s fiancée Kim Kardashian gives birth to their first child, daughter North West, three days before the release of the 36-year old’s sixth album ‘Yeezus’. It’s his best yet – a brutal, revelatory and self-contradictory game-changer that debuts at Number One on the iTunes chart in 31 countries.
July 19, 2013
Angered by the presence of the press, Kanye grabs a paparazzo’s camera at LAX. The criminal charges include 250 hours of community service. The following month, in a televised interview with Kim’s mother Kris Jenner, he suggests fatherhood has changed his outlook. “With the press, it’s almost like an agenda to write me into a certain type of story… I have two people to live for – a family to live for. A whole world to live for.”
Oct 30, 2013
After six dates, Kanye’s ‘Yeezus’ tour – which includes a 50-foot mountain-turned-volcano, ‘snow’ flurries, troupes of masked dancers and a ‘white Jesus’ – is postponed after a truck carrying its 60-foot LED screen and custom-made video truss crashes. A statement says, “Kanye West will not compromise on bringing the show, as it was originally envisioned and designed, to his fans.” The tour later resumes in mid-November.
Nov 24, 2013
Kanye reveals that he’s already started work on his seventh album, hoping to put it out before Summer 2014 – a deadline that will eventually be pushed back by more than 18 months. In that time Evian Christ, Malik Yusef, Travis Scott and P Diddy will claim involvement in its production.
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