West was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 8, 1977. When his parents divorced when he was three years old, he went to Chicago, Illinois, with his mother. Ray West, his father, is a former Black Panther and one of The Atlanta Journal-first Constitution’s black photojournalists. Ray then became a Christian counselor and, with startup funds from his son, built the Good Water Store and Café in Lexington Park, Maryland, in 2006. Donda C. West, West’s mother, was a professor of English at Clark Atlanta University and the Chair of the English Department at Chicago State University before retiring to be his manager.
West grew up in a middle-class family, attending Polaris School for Individual Education in Oak Lawn, Illinois, after growing up in Chicago. West traveled to Nanjing, China, with his mother when he was 10 years old, when she was a Fulbright Scholar teaching at Nanjing University. West was the only foreigner in his class, according to his mother, but he fit in well and rapidly picked up the language, though he has since forgotten much of it. When asked about his high school grades, West stated, “I earned A’s and B’s.”
What is Kanye West’s net worth?
Kanye West’s net worth in 2022 was $1.8 billion.
How much does Kanye West make a year?
Kanye West’s annual salary is unknown.
