According to various sources, Kanye West's height comes to around 5 feet 8 inches.
American rapper Kanye West (now known as Ye) has been lately making news for his controversial divorce from Kim Kardashian. Through his social media handle, West was taking digs at his now ex-wife Kardashian, and also at her now ex-boyfriend Pete Davidson. Amidst this, he also ended up landing in trouble with many brands including Yeezy.
Kanye West now identifies as 'Ye'. Since the very beginning, the American rapper has been a controversial figure and is well known for making instigating comments and statements. Recently the rapper and singer faced the wrath of many for publicly praising Adolf Hitler, denying the Holocaust, and identifying as a Nazi.
Why is Kanye West so famous?
Born on June 8, 1977, Kanye Omari West (now Ye) is an American rapper, singer, and fashion designer. Ye also goes by other names, Yeezy, Yeezus, Saint Pablo, Louis Vuitton Don. He was born in a middle class African-American family and later shifted to Chicago, Illinois with his mother when he was just three years old.
Ye first began his career by producing stuff. At the time of working on his debut album and before releasing it, Ye suffered a car accident that left him with a shattered jaw. During his recovery period, Ye took the opportunity to make major changes in his album before its official release. He changed the release date thrice and eventually released it in February 2004. His album reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and his debut single, "Through the Wire" peaked at No. 15 while on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks.
Since then, Ye has made a big name in the industry through his chartbuster albums and songs. As the years passed, Ye also began venturing into fashion and other business fields. He launched his own clothing line in spring 2006 but it didn't work out well and the line ended up getting canceled in 2009. Ye then released his first sneaker collaboration in 2007. Later in 2009, West collaborated with Nike to release his own shoe, the Air Yeezys.
In the fashion industry, Ye worked for Louis Vuitton during Paris Fashion Week and also with Italian shoemaker Giuseppe Zanotti. He also interned at Italian fashion brand Fendi in 2009 by giving ideas for men's collections.
Talking about his other business ventures, Ye founded the record label and production company GOOD Music in 2004. Other than all this, he has done other notable work too.
Ye and Kim Kardashian's relationship history
Ye and Kardashian were longtime best friends before they began dating in 2012. Things got pretty serious quickly between them and they got engaged a year later in 2013. The following year they married at Fort di Belvedere in Florence in May 2014.
Kardashian and Ye have four children: North West, Saint West, Chicago West and Psalm West. Chicago and Psalm were born via surrogacy. In January 2021, the US concluded that Kardashian was "done" with her six year long marriage to West. Sources claimed that the two were living separately. In April 2021, they both agreed and filed for a divorce due to "irreconcilable differences". Their divorce was finalized on November 29, 2022. Before their divorce was finalized, the two turned heads by taking jabs at each other in the media.
During the ongoing process of their divorce, Kardashian began dating Pete Davidson (the two have now split) and West constantly made sure he was tainting Kardashian and Davidson's love life by taking ugly jibes at them through social media.
Kim and Pete ended up splitting nine months later.
FAQs
Q. How old is Kanye West?
A. Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977. As of 2022, the rapper is 45 years old.
Q. What is Kanye West's ethnicity?
A. Kanye West was born to a middle class African-American family. He moved to Chicago, Illinois with his mother when he was three years old.
Q. What is Kanye West's height?
A. Kanye West is 5 feet 8 inches tall as per various sources.
Q. What is Kanye West's new name?
A. Kanye West is now officially identified as Ye.
