‘Kanye West in 2002’ | You Had To Be There

Long before he was ‘Ye,’ MTV News got the opportunity to sit down with an up-and-coming rapper / producer named Kanye West. Here, Kanye speaks to how an impromptu move from Chicago to New York led to his destined deal with Roc-A-Fella Records.

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