Kanye West was born on June 8, 1977 in Atlanta,Georgia. His full and legal name is Kanye Omari West. When he was three years old, his parents divorced, and he and his mother moved to Chicago, Illinois. Kanye West took some art classes at the American Academy of Art and also enrolled at Chicago State University, but dropped out due to poor grades and an ever increasing interest in music. In 2004, Kanye West released his debut album, The College Dropout. The album was recorded over a period of four years, beginning in 1999. The album became a smash hit spawning three ten top singles and selling over four hundred thousand copies in its first week. It has since gone on to sell three million units. The album received a Grammy nomination for Album of the Year and won Best Rap Album and Best Rap Song. Kanye West has since gone on to release three more records, Late Registration (2005), Graduation (2007) and 808s & Heartbreak (2008). In August 2008, Kanye West revealed plans to open 10 Fatburger restaurants in the Chicago area, with the first coming in September 2008 in Orland Park. The second will follow in January 2009.
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