5/7/2023 0 Comments The go getters kanyeThat was one of his first experiences going into a recording studio. That holiday, I took him over to a friend of mine’s studio, that was producing for Color Me Badd. I looked into items: drum machine, sampler. My aunt said he wasn’t feeling art and asked me for some recommendations on some equipment. When he was 12 or 13 years old, Kanye got into hip-hop and decided he wanted to be a rapper. It was weird, but he was always a genius kid, so we knew he would do something. Everyone was a great singer, except Kanye, so he’d just go sit in a corner. Everyone, at my grandparents, would sing or play instruments. Every holiday, we would all come back to Oklahoma City. Holidays were always spent in Oklahoma City at my grandparents’ house. Our family is a very musical family, starting with our grandmother who was the musical matriarch of the family. His mother and my dad are brother and sister. Tony Williams: “Kanye and I are first cousins - I’m 14 years older than him. Tony Williams – Cousin to Kanye West | Singer | Songwriter Shalik Berry – VP of A&R, Epic Records | Former A&R Coordinator, Island Def Jam Plain Pat – Producer | Songwriter | Fromer A&R, Island Def Jam Kyambo “Hip Hop” Joshua – Co-Executive Producer | Manager | Co-Co-CEO of Hip Hop Since 1978 John Monopoly – Manager | Co-Founder of Hustle Period Joe “3H” Weinberger –Management | Former A&R, Capitol Records Gee Roberson – Co-Executive Producer | Manager | Co-CEO of Hip Hop Since 1978 | Co-CEO of Blueprint Group In celebration of Kanye West’s “The College Dropout,” here are the stories of 26 contributors – “The Good, The Bad, The Ugly” – who were involved in the making of the album, and more importantly, became instrumental to Kanye West’s career.Įxclusive Kanye Videos: Never-Before-Seen ‘College Dropout’ FootageĨ8-Keys – Founder of Locksmith Music | Producer | RapperĬoodie & Chike – Directors | Founders of Creative Controlĭamon Dash – Executive Producer | Co-Founder of Roc-A-Fella Recordsĭevo Springsteen – Cousin to Kanye West | Former roomate to John Legend | P roducer | Songwriter Even as everyone moved on to fulfill their own ambitions and dreams, “The College Dropout” was in the pit of each of them. One family, one machine, with the goal to kick down doors and brighten Kanye West’s future. Coodie captures early footage of West rapping, and that relationship led to Coodie documenting West's career, in a similar style to the basketball film Hoop Dreams.Kanye West: How the Rapper Grew From ‘Dropout’ to ‘Yeezus’Įveryone involved – Kanye West, those he grew up with him in Chicago (GLC, Coodie, Chike, Really Doe, Olskool Ice-Gre, JB Marshall), those who he met at the latter end of the album’s development to those who in the thick of it all – were so hungry to achieve something that they became one unit. In a clip from 2000, Coodie filmed some local rappers who happen to take him to West's crib where we meet the rapper again sitting behind his equipment, this time wearing dreads in his hair. Previously acting as an on-camera interviewer, Coodie then picked up the lens and started filming others. Via voiceover after the moment is captured, Coodie says: "I had no idea that this short interview would be the beginning of a brotherhood that would last for more than 20 years." Coodie also suggests that he had previously seen West perform with his group The Go-Getters, and his name was mentioned all over Chicago for his skills as a producer. West was with Harlem World as he'd just produced three tracks for their first and only album The Movement. Coodie interviews Mase and his group Harlem World, but while he's hearing from each member, we see a familiar face.Ī 21-year-old West is shown onscreen, chewing gum and wearing large gold-framed spectacles. The opening scene of jeen-yuhs shows Coodie presenting his Chicago-based Channel Zero show, speaking to talent at producer Jermaine Dupri's birthday party. It was previously suggested that Coodie and Ye met in the early 2000s but as jeen-yuhs shows, the two first interacted in 1998. ![]() ![]() ![]() How Coodie met Kanye WestĬoodie seemed set for an entirely different career before he crossed paths with West. The trio's origin story is covered in jeen-yuhs, but in case you missed it here's exactly how Kanye West met Coodie and Chike. Read more Everything You Need to Know About Coodie Simmons and Kanye Westīefore the launch of the Netflix trilogy, Ye, as West is now known, had publicly called for the final edit on the show, something which Coodie admitted to Newsweek that he was "shocked" by.
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