Heard bout North West's Paternal Granddad?

[Scientific Playa]

Back in the day grandpa and his boys were all in their fight the power steeze on campus. reminds me of that new flick, 'dear white people'.

Ray West landed on the front page of The Review, the UD student newspaper, in 1970 when he took over a student lounge and held a mock trial, sentencing former UD President E.A. Trabant to death for "racism, lying, hypocrisy,and stabbing people in the back."

http://udspace.udel.edu/bitstream/handle/19716/12084/udr_92_68.pdf?sequence=1

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/pulpculture/2014/12/15/kanye-trampoline/20430923/

Rya West, father of rapper Kanye West, on the front page of the University of Delaware student newspaper The Review in 1970.(Photo: The Review)

Rya West, father of rapper Kanye West, on the front page of the University of Delaware student newspaper The Review in 1970.(Photo: The Review)

 

[Regine Hunter]

Was he around when Kanye was coming up?

 

[DPresidential]

to Kanye's father...

But much like alot of people...that money & fame seems to have corrupted his mental.

If Kanye could wake up though...

Especially w/ J. Cole enlightening the Hip-Hop masses...

& then the sheep wake up...

They start buying hiphop w/ the same amazing beats & word play as our favorite bangers but w/ more accurate inspiration of our black people ...

 

[WaveGang]

said this on BX 5yrs ago

 

[The Bookie]

Was he around when Kanye was coming up?

Kinda. After they divorced, a 3-year-old Kanye and his mother left Atlanta after she accepted a position at Chicago State Universit. Kanye would fly out to spend the holidays with his dad.

You can hear/see him speak in this documentary from 0:27.