The Story of How Kanye West Became Famous Will Make You Appreciate Him More

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If you're struggling to find a reason to like Kanye west, this is an article for you to read. This article uses a form of pathos by describing Kanye's unique route to get into the music industry.

Unlike most rappers, Kanye West didn't really grow up in the "ghetto" in fact, his mother was an English professor. He actually went to college for musics on a scholarship but then once his scholarship was up, his family wasn't able to afford it anymore. This is when he went to his mother's college and eventually dropped out after one semester. After he dropped out he worked as a telemarketer during the day and stayed up making beats until 4 A.M. some nights. He ended up getting known by an underground producer and then eventually made it up to producing for Jay-Z and Rockefeller records. This was impressive on its own that Kanye West could make it to the big leagues just from producing beats. This is why Jay-Z was so hesitant to sign Kanye as an artist, because Kanye didn't have any rap albums out at all. Kanye was persistent, though and Jay-Z eventually signed him. After a big car crash Kanye finally decide to take on the task of writing, and not what most rappers rap about, he rapped about life. He came out with a song called "Through the Wire" which was about the car crash, then he dropped the album "The College Dropout" which was a huge hit.

The way Kanye made it is very unique and impressive, that on its own should give you a reason to like him, its like cheering for the underdog. It was hard for Jay-Z to sign him because he wasn't "hard" or "thug" like these other rappers, he was more educated and a little bit preppy.

Kanye has some strong words and explains the title of his album which are posted on Tom Barnes article on mic: "The name of my album is called The College Dropout," Kanye told MTV two years before it debuted. "All that's saying is make your own decisions. Don't let society tell you, 'This is what you have to do.' Society told me, 'Man, don't move from Chicago.' People told me to stay in school, this music is this, this music is that."

I chose this article because I wanted to show some contrast on why people do like Kanye. Some also question how credible Kanye is but this article easily explains how talented this man is by his ability to rise through the ranks of the rap industry. A quote from the wise rhetor at the end of the article is this "Kanye may talk big game. That's because he's playing one."