From declaring “George Bush doesn’t care about black people” on live television during a telethon for Hurricane Katrina relief to storming the MTV VMA stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech in 2009, rapper Kanye West has had his fair share of memorable moments throughout his first decade in the spotlight. With the release of his #1 album Yeezus a few weeks ago, Pepsi.com has decided to put together a list of Kanye’s “Top 5 Now Moments” of his career. The list consists of some of West’s biggest moments and career milestones.
One of the top now moments that Pepsi included was the release of his single “Stronger,” off his Graduation album. Sampling Daft Punk’s “Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger,” the single gave West one his biggest hits up to that point in his career. “Stronger” peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was certified 5x platinum by the RIAA.
Also included by Pepsi was the Chicago artist’s 2008 album 808s & Heartbreak. 808’s marked a shift from the college-themed albums of West’s first three studio efforts to melancholic, auto-tune infused music that saw him singing more than he rapped. Coming off a break-up with his long-time fiancée and the death of his mother, Kanye West made an album that was markedly different from the music he had released at that point in his career. Even with the dramatic shift in style, the album still reached #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart and was certified platinum.
Another “Now Moment” Pepsi added to their list was Kanye’s public relationship with reality star Kim Kardashian, known as “Kimye” to many. The two started dating in 2012 and had their first child together, daughter North West, on June 15. West has made appearances on his girlfriend’s E! reality show “Keeping Up With The Kardashians” and recorded the song “White Dress,“ which featured Kim on the song’s cover art.
To see the entire list, visit Pepsi.com.
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wtf?
just some random bs man, nothing more
this shit aint even news
some wack bullshit pretty much. a better list would have been, the bush thing, the taylor swift thing, hitting his head on the sign, beating 50 cent, maybe the air yeezys and some other shit
word up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YRYe-jk_SA
so now he in bed with Pepsi? Lmao this dude wanna act all fake anti everything but he doing deals with Nike, Pepsi, all these big fashion companies not to mention gettin in bed with the Kardashian family, LMAO. New slaves indeed my nigggggggggga
You’re a dumbfuck. Pepsi is trying to do more shit with music so they decided to make for content for their site by making a “Top 5” list. A lot of sites do this retarded shit.
yea theirs mother fuckers sneaking around with crazy masks on.walking real crazy sneaking up on ppl.also seen little girl with a leather face mask on start jumping at ppl.seen a mother fucker jump on a swing seen son of bitches head spin back wards throwing devil wishes.
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Pepsi you weak ass company is it any wonder you will allways play second fiddle to coke posting lame shit like this and supporting lame artists like kanye.
and nicki
was swinging chainsaws.seen a dog with micheal myers mask running backwards screeming at pissers.rabbits with cat heads on jumping at mother fuckers.throw them threw the mother fucker.
lot of people after those people lol about to go out again find some
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExH5VU5iq9Q
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pepsi destroying kids teeths, kanye west destroying kids mind
making these kids thinks its cool be gay
^^^You’re already a fag, so it won’t take that much convincing to make you think being gay is cool.
Pepsi has the better taste over Coca-Cola.
said no1 ever
Kanye doesnt care for black or white people he only cares for money.
just like everyone else in the world including yourself so shut up with that stupid arguement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgupWsLB4HQ
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