The Kanye Story

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Mobeen Azhar investigates the rise and fall of Kanye West

Mobeen Azhar investigates the rise and fall of Kanye West, with the help of guests who've been close to the rapper and journalists who've followed every step of his career.

The Kanye Story: 3. End of an Era

3. End of an Era

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Kanye loses his mother and the relationship with his fiancée breaks down.

Kanye moves into pop territory with Graduation but loses his mother and his relationship with his fiancée ends painfully. Two anchors in his life are gone.

Mobeen Azhar is joined by guests to look at Kanye’s life and career in the period he made Graduation - a record that sat firmly in the mainstream with an A-list cast of contributors including Lil Wayne and Chris Martin. But the death of his mother Donda and the end of the relationship with his fiancée  were moments that affected him significantly.

What took Kanye West from hit-maker to a political agitator, spreading anti-Jewish hate? And where does he go next? Mobeen explores the rapper's rise and fall.

Presenter: Mobeen Azhar
Producer: Ashley Clivery
Assistant Producer: Edith Rousselot 
Executive Producer: Peter Sale
Sound Mixing: Adam Lieber

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