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“I am a product of my environment, but I also choose what I become.”

About Kanye West

Born 1977

American rapper, songwriter, producer, designer, and entrepreneur whose work has shaped contemporary hip-hop, fashion, and popular culture.

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“I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it.”

“I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me.”

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“People always say you can't please everybody. I think you can.”

“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”

“Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.”

“Death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life's change agent.”

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“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“Become who you are.”

“I am not now that which I have been.”