Who is Kanye West’s father?

RAY West stayed out of the highlight all through his son’s profession.

Within the Netflix documentary jeen-yuhs: A Kanye West Trilogy, followers get to know the soon-to-be-divorced rapper’s father a bit higher.

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Who’s Ray West?

Ray West was born on August 28, 1949.

He was identified for his profession as a photographer earlier than his son Kanye discovered fame as a critically acclaimed rapper.

Ray was one of many first black photojournalists at The Atlanta Journal-Structure and labored with Maya Angelou and Ronald Reagan.

He was additionally a member of the Black Panther Social gathering within the Nineteen Sixties and 70s.

Based on The Washington Publish, Ray opened a Christian bookstore in Maryland in 2006.

The Good Water Retailer and Cafe sells bottled water, with proceeds going to the area people, the UN’s Water For Life initiative and the Kanye West Basis.

He now lives within the Dominican Republic.

Kanye informed the BBC in 2013 that his father as soon as moved right into a homeless shelter “not as a result of he was homeless, however as a result of he needed to assist the ex-drug addicts, he needed to be that shut”.

How is Ray’s relationship with Kanye?

When Ray and Donda West divorced in 1980, Kanye moved to Chicago however spent summers together with his father in Washington DC.

Kanye was very near his mom Donda up till her demise, however on the finish of his 2019 music video “Comply with God,” Kanye revealed, “It took me 42 years to comprehend that my dad was my greatest buddy.”

In July 2020, at a presidential marketing campaign rally, Kanye claimed his father needed to have an abortion, however they nonetheless appear to have a powerful bond.

Kanye’s jeen-yuhs documentary reveals Ray smacking his son and saying he’s ‘involved’

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What does Kanye say about Ray in his music?

Kanye’s Monitor Champion from his 2007 album Commencement provides an perception into Ray’s various work and the way he nurtured Kanye.

Kanye rapped, “I’m not saying we had been from the initiatives/ However each time I needed to place away or deposit/ my dad mentioned, “In the event you see garments, shut your eyelids/ We had been form of like Will Smith and his son / Within the movie I’m not speaking in regards to the wealthy…

“Trigger each summer season he will get a/ Model new loopy scheme to get wealthy / And I don’t know what he’s executed for cash / However he’ll ship me again to highschool with a brand new wardrobe.”

Kanye additionally opened up about his relationship with Ray in his Billboard Music Award-winning monitor Father Stretch My Arms, hinting that they didn’t at all times get alongside effectively.

The lyrics embody, “I yelled at my dad/He informed me it’s not Christian” and “I attempted to speak to my dad/Give him some recommendation/He begins spazzing on me/Me begin spazzin’ again/He mentioned, ‘That’s not Christlike’.”