Q 01/05

In which US city was Kanye West born?

A) Atlanta

B) Chicago

C) Detroit

D) Houston

Answer · why

A) Atlanta

West was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 8, 1977; after his parents divorced when he was three, he moved with his mother to Chicago, the city he is ...

Q 02/05

West spent a year at age 10 in which country, where his mother was a Fulbright Scholar?

A) Japan

B) China

C) Ghana

D) France

Answer · why

B) China

Donda West took a Fulbright post at Nanjing University in China in 1987; ten-year-old Kanye attended a local school as reportedly the only foreigner i...

Q 03/05

West dropped out at age 20 from which school, where his own mother chaired the English department?

A) DePaul University

B) Northwestern University

C) Chicago State University

D) University of Illinois Chicago

Answer · why

C) Chicago State University

Donda West chaired the English department at Chicago State University, where Kanye enrolled after a painting scholarship at the American Academy of Ar...

Q 04/05

Which Chicago producer became West's early friend and mentor?

A) DJ Premier

B) Just Blaze

C) Pete Rock

D) No I.D.

Answer · why

D) No I.D.

No I.D. later co-produced tracks such as Heartless and worked on 808s & Heartbreak and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy.

Q 05/05

West's 2001 production work is credited with revitalizing Jay-Z's career on which album?

A) The Blueprint

B) The Black Album

C) Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter

D) Reasonable Doubt

Answer · why

A) The Blueprint

On The Blueprint, West produced four of the thirteen tracks, including Izzo (H.O.V.A.) and the Nas diss Takeover, built on sped-up soul samples; the a...