NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Kanye West on 6 January 2019. Kanye West has been played on NTS over 610 times, featured on 526 episodes and was first played on 5 December 2011.

Ye (born Kanye Omari West on June 8, 1977, in Atlanta, Georgia), professionally known as Kanye West, is a Grammy award-winning American rapper, producer, singer, author, director, performance artist and fashion designer.

West began making beats and rapping in the early 90s in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, when he formed the rap group Go Getters with Chicago natives GLC and Really Doe. He later gained nationwide popularity through…