He and West later co-founded Donda’s House, a non-profit youth organization.īradley “Scarface” Jordan: In a delightful segment of the documentary, the rapper and producer, who rose to prominence as part of the hip-hop group Geto Boys, does a studio session with West for a potential feature on The College Dropout. Lateefa “Teefa” Harland: In the documentary, the radio personality invites West to appear on her program during a visit back to his hometown of Chicago.ĭonda West: West’s beloved mother, a Chicago State University professor, has many poignant moments with her son in the film, but none more so than a sweet segment where she encourages him to continue pursuing his dreams while maintaining some humility, noting that the “giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing.”Ĭhe “Rhymefest” Smith: The rapper, producer, songwriter, and author makes a cameo in Jeen-Yuhs during a trip to Chicago with West.
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In response, West counters that the interviewer edited out his full statement. Vernon “Xtreme” Brown, Dug Infinite, Ernest Dion “No ID” Wilson: These producers were mentors and early supporters of West while he was growing up in Chicago in Jeen-Yuhs, Dug Infinite is shown starting a small public beef on Chicago radio with West for crediting No ID but not him in an interview. Kyambo “Hip-Hop” Joshua and Big Face Gary: These music executives were both A&Rs at Roc-A-Fella Records while West was working at the label as a producer-they appear in a segment filmed at the office.Ĭhaka Pilgrim: The music business executive and former president of Roc Nation Records has a memorable cameo in Jeen-Yuhs, where a young Kanye raps to her in the Roc-A-Fella Records office in the hopes of securing a record deal, despite the fact that, at the time, she worked in the marketing department.ĭJ Clue: The DJ, producer, and radio personality associated with New York City’s Hot 97 and Power 105.1 radio stations appears in the documentary as an integral part of the hip-hop scene West is trying to make his mark on. Gee Roberson: The manager and music executive was formerly the VP of A&R at Roc-A-Fella Records in an entertaining bit from the film, West crashes the label offices, interrupting Roberson on a phone call. Kareem “Biggs” Burke: In a memorable segment of the doc, the music executive, film producer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Roc-A-Fella Records has a spirited discussion with West about why West wants to be known first as a rapper, as opposed to a producer who also raps. Tarrey Torae: The singer from Chicago is featured prominently on the track “Family Business” on The College Dropout, the lyrics of which are inspired by her anecdotes about her own family in the documentary, there’s a clip of her doing an early recording of the song at West’s apartment. ” More from music history: during a studio session for the album, Ivy came up with John Legend’s stage name. He found camaraderie with West as a fellow Chicagoan and creative in New York during the early aughts, and he eventually co-wrote and performed alongside West on the College Dropout track “Never Let Me Down. Ivy is the lead writer for Jeen-Yuhs, but he’s also featured prominently in the documentary. Later, he became the longtime A&R for West’s GOOD Music label. While Lewis and West were both from Chicago, they didn’t strike up a friendship until they were in New York City in Jeen-Yuhs, Lewis can be seen working on the track “Two Words” at the makeshift studio in West’s Newark apartment. Greg “OlSkool Ice-Gre” Lewis: The rapper and music executive met West when he bought a beat from the producer for his band, Abstract Mindstate.
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