He was born on June 8th, 1977 and will be turning 30 this year. As of now he has released two albums The College Dropout and Late Registration both have gone to triple platinum since. He also released Late Orchestration which is a live album and is double platinum. His third album Graduation is said to be released early 2007 (spring) Besides these albums Kanye has released many mixtapes as well, (17 to date) Since 2005 he has been nominated 18 times at the Grammy's taking home 6 for: (2005) Best rap album, best rap song, best R&B song, (2006) Best rap album, best rap song, best rap solo performance. To sum up Kanye West is one of the best rappers/producers in the world as well as one of the most controverisal, popular, discussed, and anticipated.