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Ye, 1977-

LC control no.no2004046362
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationML420.W452 Biography
Personal name headingYe, 1977-
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Variant(s)West, Kanye
Associated countryUnited States
Associated placeChicago (Ill.) Hidden Hills (Calif.)
Birth date1977-06-08
Place of birthAtlanta (Ga.)
Profession or occupationRap musicians Singers Composers Sound recording executives and producers Businesspeople Fashion designers
Found inJackson, J. Damita Jo [SR] ℗2004: container (Kanye West)
All music guide WWW site, May 14, 2004 (Kanye West; rap producer, vocalist; b. Atlanta, GA)
Kanye West, ©2009: ECIP ch. 2 (b. June 8, 1977; sources differ as to place)
Grucella, E. Kanye West, ©2012: CIP galley (Kanye Omari West)
Wikipedia, September 7, 2018 (Kanye West; born Kanye Omari West, June 8, 1977, Atlanta, Georgia; raised in Chicago; American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur, and fashion designer; lives in Hidden Hills, California)
Wikipedia, viewed 26 October 2022: Kanye West (Ye, best known as Kanye West; West applied on August 24, 2021, to have his legal name changed from Kanye Omari West to Ye, with no middle or last name, which was granted on October 18 [2021]; had alluded to wishing to change his name since 2018 and had used Ye as a nickname for several years prior)
The New York times, online, viewed 26 October 2022: article dated April 8, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West; West, who now goes by Ye; [subsequent references to West]) article dated July 28, 2022 (the artist formerly known as Kanye West (now simply Ye); [subsequent references to Ye]) article dated October 16, 2022 (Kanye West; Mr. West) article dated October 20, 2022 (Kanye West, or Ye, as he is now known; [subsequent references to Ye]) article dated October 25, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West; Mr. West, who now goes by Ye; [subsequent references to Ye])
The Washington post, online, viewed 26 October 2022: article dated July 6, 2022 (Ye, formerly known as Kanye West; Ye) article dated July 16, 2022 (Kanye West; West) article dated October 7, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West; [subsequent references to West]) article dated October 7, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Ye, the musician born Kanye West; [subsequent references to Ye]) article dated October 11, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West; West, an artist who now calls himself Ye; [subsequent references to West]) article dated October 25, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Ye, the musician and mogul formerly known as Kanye West; [subsequent references to Ye])
The Los Angeles times, online, viewed 26 October 2022: article dated September 20, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West; West, who goes by Ye; [subsequent references to West]) article dated October 5, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West, legal name Ye; [subsequent references to Ye]) article dated October 19, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West; [subsequent references to Ye]) article dated October 25, 2022 ([headline] Kanye West; Kanye West; West, who now goes by Ye; [subsequent references to West])
Associated languageeng