The life of Kanye West

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According to him, he's the voice of this generation, a creative genius, his own favorite rapper.  He's set to release his 10th album this week at a massive listening party. This is the story of Kanye West.

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00:00When I run for president in 2024,

00:02we're going to definitely,

00:04no, what y'all laughing at?

00:05When I run for president in 2024,

00:11we would have created so many jobs

00:13that I'm not going to run, I'm going to walk.

00:14♪♪

00:28Kanye West, I love him.

00:30Now, maybe in a few years, I'll have to run against him.

00:32I don't know, so I'll take that back.

00:34But you know what? He's been so nice to me.

00:36♪♪

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01:23We met and we started working together.

01:25Eventually, he was working on his demo at the time.

01:28I was working on mine as well.

01:30And I was singing hooks for his demo.

01:33He was giving me beats for my demo.

01:35♪♪

01:56Oh, you know what happened for a reason.

01:58God knew I had a message, he knew I had a mission,

02:00but he knew no one cared about me.

02:02He said, Kanye, I'm going to make somebody care about you.

02:04Bam! I nearly died.

02:06That's one of the best things that can happen to a rapper.

02:08♪♪

02:32We're trying to put music production courses in high schools.

02:35So instead of going to high school

02:37and they tell you to turn down that Snoop Dogg CD,

02:39what if you had a class where they told you to turn it up?

02:41Like, I went to school for music, art, and basketball,

02:44and I just sat through the other courses.

02:46You know, I got my grades, but it was those things

02:49that made it fun, that inspired me to get up in the morning.

02:52♪♪

03:02I'm feeling like this is the best year of my life.

03:05I want to just keep on trying to make good music.

03:08♪♪

03:28♪♪

03:49I thought that was very disrespectful.

03:51Like, he's a great musician, but as a person,

03:55he's not, like, a role model or anything,

03:58and I think that not only his fans are disappointed,

04:01but his mom would be disappointed.

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04:43♪♪

05:03♪♪

05:19This is our president!

05:21He has to be the freshest, the flyest, the flyest planes,

05:25the best factories, and we have to make our core be in power.

05:29We have to bring jobs into America

05:32because our best export is entertainment and ideas.

06:02♪♪

06:22♪♪

06:33If I'm afraid to be me, I'm no longer Ye.

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