Kanye West Estimated Net Worth 2014: $120 Million (USD) Kanye Omari West 8th June, 1977) is an American hip hop recording artist, songwriter, record producer, film director, entrepreneur and fashion designer. West first gained prominence as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records; he achieved recognition for his work on rapper Jay-Z's The Blueprint (2001), as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used high-pitched vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. He later broadened his influences to include 1970s R&B, baroque...