30 Facts About West Taylor

1. In 2015, West Taylor became only the second rapper after LL Cool J to be presented the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award for his lifetime contributions to MTV culture through performing arts.

2. Kanye West Taylor would be the first person to tell you he belongs on this list.

3. In September 2018, West Taylor announced that he will be permanently moving to Chicago and will establish his Yeezy company headquarters in the city.

4. On November 7, 2006, West Taylor apologized for this outburst publicly during his performance as support act for U2 for their Vertigo concert in Brisbane.

5. At the American Music Awards of 2004, West Taylor stormed out of the auditorium after losing Best New Artist to country singer Gretchen Wilson.

6. In September 2013, West Taylor was widely rebuked by human rights groups for performing in Kazakhstan, which has one of the poorest human rights records in the world, at the wedding of authoritarian President Nursultan Nazarbayev's grandson.

7. In January 2019, West Taylor re-affirmed his support for President Trump.

8. In October 2018, West Taylor was reported to have given his support to the Blexit movement, a campaign by Owens to encourage black Americans to abandon the Democratic Party and register as Republicans.

9. On October 11, 2018, West Taylor visited the Oval Office for a meeting with President Trump to discuss a range of issues.

10. West Taylor previously stated he would have voted for Trump had he voted.

11. In September 2015, West Taylor announced that he intended to run for President of the United States in 2020.

12. West Taylor made a cameo appearance in the comedy Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues as a MTV News representative in the film's fight scene.

13. In January 2019, West Taylor donated $10 million towards the completion of the Roden Crater by American artist James Turrell.

14. On January 5, 2012, West Taylor announced his establishment of the creative content company DONDA, named after his late mother Donda West.

15. West Taylor founded the record label and production company GOOD Music in 2004, in conjunction with Sony BMG, shortly after releasing his debut album, The College Dropout.

16. In February 2017, West Taylor unveiled the Yeezy Season 5 collection to favorable responses from critics.

17. In 2015, West Taylor unveiled his Yeezy Season clothing line, premiering Season 1 in collaboration with Adidas early in the year.

18. Early in his career, West Taylor made clear his interest in fashion and desire to work in the clothing design industry.

19. In January 2019, West Taylor pulled out of headlining the years Coachella festival, after negotiations broke down due to discord regarding stage design.

20. On September 9, 2018, West Taylor announced via Twitter that Watch the Throne 2 would be coming soon.

21. In February 2015, West Taylor premiered his clothing collaboration with Adidas, entitled Yeezy Season 1, to generally positive reviews.

22. In September 2013, Kanye West Taylor announced he would be headlining his first solo tour in five years, to support Yeezus, with fellow American rapper Kendrick Lamar accompanying him as supporting act.

23. West Taylor got his big break in the year 2000, when he began to produce for artists on Roc-A-Fella Records.

24. West Taylor began working his way back into the news cycle in April 2018 with the announcement that he was writing a philosophy-themed book, Break the Simulation.

25. West Taylor apologized, then retracted his apology in a New York Times interview in 2013.

26. West Taylor spent a year and $2 million on his sophomore album, hiring an orchestra and working with the composer Jon Brion, who had never worked with a rapper before.

27. At the age of 10, West Taylor moved for a year with Donda to China, where she taught as part of a university-exchange program; he was the only foreigner in his class.

28. Kim Kardashian West Taylor has kept the Juicy Couture tracksuit and Louis Vuitton handbag she first met Kanye West in as a keepsake.

29. Kim Kardashian West Taylor still has tracksuit she first met Kanye.

30. Kim Kardashian West Taylor has officially put her feud with Taylor Swift behind her.