47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
1. Kanye claims he has synesthesia, meaning he can see sounds.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
2. He lived in China for a year in the fifth grade.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
3. Of his time in a Chinese school, Kanye has said “I got A’s and B’s. And I’m not even frontin’.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
4. Before he was signed, he would jump on tables during label meetings and scream, “I’m the next Michael Jackson!”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
5. He was arrested in 2000 for stealing printers from Office Max in a case of mistaken identity.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
6. At age 13 he wrote a song called “Green Eggs and Ham.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
7. And he begged his mother to pay $25 per hour for studio time.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
8. He sold his first beat to Chicago rapper Gravity for $8,800.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
9. Then he used the $8,800 to buy Polo clothes and a Jesus Piece.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
10. Kanye met No I.D. through Donda West, who worked with No I.D.’s mother as a teacher in Chicago.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
11. Donda convinced the 19-year-old No I.D. to meet 14-year-old Kanye and “teach him how to do music.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
12. Kanye studied English at Chicago State University before dropping out to focus on music.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
13. He once said, “I think I’m gonna move to London. Get a fake-ass British accent like Madonna.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
14. Kanye personally asked Seth Rogen and James Franco to perform their spoof of “Bound 2″ at his wedding to Kim.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
15. But it didn’t happen because they all agreed it was a silly idea.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
16. He once worked as a telemarketer to pay his mother $200 per month in rent, which she demanded.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
17. Kanye opened two Fatburger restaurants in Chicago through his company KW Foods LLC. Both locations have closed.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
18. He has claimed to “TiVo rap videos so I can study them. To learn what steps to take to crush them all.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
19. He narrowly avoided another infamous rant when Common’s “They Say” was nominated for Best Rap/Sung Collab at the Grammy’s over “Heard ‘Em Say” and “Gold Digger.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
20. But he apologized to Common when “Late Registration” beat “Be” for Best Rap Album that year.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
21. After the Taylor Swift incident, Mos Def visited Kanye’s home and told him to flee the U.S.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
22. Kanye took Mos Def’s advice, escaping to Japan, then Rome, before settling in Hawaii for six months to record “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
23. Also after Taylor Swift, “South Park” fried him for two hours in a parody episode titled, “Fishsticks.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
24. While recording MBDTF, he asked food delivery men for their opinions on the album when they stopped by his studio.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
25. He made Pusha T re-write his verse on “Runaway” four times. Each time, pushing Pusha T to get more angry.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
26. He used his own money to finance the “Glow in the Dark Tour” when Best Buy backed out of sponsoring it.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
27. He made his first beat in the seventh grade.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
28. The beat was for a “sexual video game.” “The main character was, like, a giant penis,” he explained. “It was like Mario Brothers, but the ghosts were, like, vaginas.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
29. The idea was abandoned due to the “labor intensive process.” “It literally took me all night to do a step, ’cause the penis, y’know, had little feet and eyes.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
30. We know he’s from the Chi, but he was actually born in Atlanta.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
31. His father, Ray, was a photojournalist and Christian Counselor in ATL, while his mother was an English professor at Clark Atlanta.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
32. Thanks to hip-hop, we know that Blue Ivy was conceived in Paris, while North West was conceived in Florence. TMI?
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
33. Kanye paid $35,000 to shoot the “Through The Wire” music video.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
34. Initially, Chaka Khan refused to clear the sample for “Through The Wire.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
35. Kanye brought Chaka’s son to a BBQ and played him the “Through The Wire” music video. Two weeks later, Chaka cleared the sample.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
36. Michael Jackson called Kanye to compliment the jacket he wore in the “Stronger” music video.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
37. He’s thought of becoming a male porn star “once or twice.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
38. He invested two million dollars and over a year of work into creating his sophomore album.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
39. Kanye and Jay Z performed “N*ggas In Paris” 12 times in a row on one night in Paris.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
40. Kanye recorded “The College Dropout” in Los Angeles while recovering from his car accident in 2002.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
41. Kanye once had a blog called KanyeUniverseCity.com.
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
42. In 2008, he posted a nude picture of Kim to his blog as he dubbed her his “girl of the week.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
43. One week later, he posted a picture of Kourtney Kardashian in a bra and made her his “girl of the week.” Awkward?
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
44. Before Bey’s digital album, Kanye planned a theatrical release for all of the music videos from “Late Registration.”
47 Bizarre Kanye West Facts That Will Make Your Day was originally published on globalgrind.com
