West was born in Atlanta, and raised in Chicago. He became producer for Roc-A-Fella Records during the 2000s. He produced singles for many artists and created the "chipmunk spirit" sampling style. West decided to start a solo career as a rapper and released The College Dropout (2004), which was a critical and commercial success. He established the record label GOOD Music later that year. West explored diverse musical elements like orchestras, synthesizers, and autotune in his albums Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007), and 808s and Heartbreak (2008). The albums he released in his fifth and sixth My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010) and Yeezus (2013) were also met with critical and commercial success. West continued to diversify his musical style on The Life of Pablo (2016) and Ye (2018) and explored Christian and gospel in Jesus Is King (2019). The album tenth Donda (2021) that was his tenth album, enjoyed the album's commercial success continue and mixed reviews. The discography also includes full-length albums Watch the Throne (2011) by Jay-Z and Kids See Ghosts (2018) by Kid Cudi.
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