Modern musicians such as Little Richard, Mark Farner, Dan Peek, Donna Summer, Bob Dylan, Kerry Livgren, Dave Hope, Dave Mustaine, Nicko McBrain, Roger McGuinn, Ted Nugent, Kanye West, Carrie Underwood, Johnny Cash, Brian Welch, Keith Farley, Cliff Richard, Charlie Daniels, Randy Travis, Alice Cooper, Steven Tyler, Mariah Carey, Nick Cannon, and Lou Gramm were artists whose born again conversions had an impact on modern culture.

At the concert he paired with host Matt Lauer, and entertainers including Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kanye West, Mike Myers, and John Goodman.

Rapper Kanye West defended Way by arguing that the younger artist created a new, original work for hip hop, thus keeping the authentic meaning of the music.

* 1977 – Kanye West, American rapper, songwriter, producer, director, and fashion designer

In 2011, Jonze directed the music video for " Otis " the second single from the album Watch The Throne by Jay-Z and Kanye West.

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* June 8 – Kanye West, African-American rapper and record producer

* The College Dropout, the debut album released by rapper Kanye West in 2004.

* " Paris " ( Kanye West and Jay-Z song ), a song by Kanye West and Jay-Z

*" Two Words " by Kanye West

Artists including Manic Street Preachers, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Beyoncé Knowles, Muse, Laura Marling, Take That, Sade, New Order, Tom Jones, Starsailor, Stereophonics, Kylie Minogue, Patrick Wolf, Vanessa Carlton and Natalie Duncan have used the studio complex.

In another song, " Otis " with fellow rapper Kanye West, he says, " Cock back / snap back / see my cut through the holes.

Its opening in late 2004 was inaugurated by concerts by performers including Kanye West and Bob Dylan.

It was also used in the 4th season when Kanye West offers the group a plane ride on a Marquis Jet to Cannes.

Joined by John Mayer and Kanye West, Sting and The Police fittingly ended the show singing " Message in a Bottle ," as the event was dubbed " The SOS Concert.

In 2007 Kanye West, initially known for more natural sounding hip hop productions influenced by classic R & B music, released his third album Graduation, which featured some songs with a sharp electronic aesthetic, a sound which greatly expanded on West's latest album, where he emphasized synthesizer and vocal manipulations prominently and cited major influences from 1980s synthpop music, as well as from T-Pain, a hip-hop performer known for manipulating his voice by using the electronic effect processor Autotune.

* Kanye West

Rapper Kanye West raised controversy when he appeared on the February 2006 cover of Rolling Stone wearing a crown of thorns.

* " Monster " ( Kanye West song )

The Blue Scholars have opened for and shared stages with such artists as De La Soul, Slick Rick, Kanye West, Immortal Technique, Masta Ace, Mos Def and Little Brother.

Many of Norwood ’ s peers laud her as a vocal inspiration and influence, including Kanye West, Chris Brown, Tank, Keyshia Cole, Keshia Chanté, John Legend, Dawn Richard, Tyrese, Ciara, Jazmine Sullivan, and Kelly Rowland among others.

* The string section of " Bitter Sweet Symphony " has been sampled by artists such as Madonna and Kanye West in live concerts.

On December 11, 2004, Earth, Wind & Fire were honored at the first annual Grammy Jam held at Los Angeles's Wiltern Theater, where several artists such as Stevie Wonder, Yolanda Adams, Sheila E., Miri Ben-Ari, George Duke, Kanye West, and Randy Jackson paid tribute to the band in the form of performances.

On December 9, 2011, Megaupload published a music video titled: " The Mega Song ", showing artists including Kanye West, Snoop Dogg, Alicia Keys and will. i. am endorsing the company.

In December of that year they joined Kanye West for concerts in Dublin's Phoenix Park and The Odyssey in Belfast, and then flew to Nigeria to perform with West at two large-scale stadium concerts.

Common was awarded his second Grammy for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, for " Southside " ( featuring Kanye West ), from his July 2007 album Finding Forever.

Kanye West has sampled " Sing Swan Song " on his song " Drunk & Hot Girls " from his 2007 album Graduation.

* " The Glory ", a 2007 song from Kanye West's third studio album Graduation

The shoe is also a focus of the 2007 Grammy-nominated single Classic ( Better Than I've Ever Been ), a collaboration between Kanye West, Nas, Rakim and KRS-One, that was produced by Rick Rubin.

In 2007, Oldham starred alongside Zach Galifianakis in the alternate music video for Kanye West's Can't Tell Me Nothing.

In 1986 with Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald ; in 2004 with Usher, Ludacris, and Lil Jon ; in 2006 with Shakira and Wyclef Jean ; in 2007 with Timbaland, Keri Hilson ; in 2010 with B. o. B and Hayley Williams and in 2011 with Katy Perry and Kanye West.

Kanye West's 2007 album " Graduation " holds a song titled " I Wonder " in which he samples Labi Siffre's " My Song " from Siffre's album, Crying Laughing Loving Lying.

In 2007, Murakami provided the cover artwork for rapper Kanye West ’ s Graduation album and directed an animated music video for West ’ s song Good Morning.

* " Champion " ( Kanye West song ), a song by Kanye West from the 2007 album Graduation

* Untitled Kanye West Project ( 2007 film )

The 2007 – 2008 season of Saturday Night Live began on September 29, 2007 with LeBron James hosting the episode and musical guest Kanye West.

Justin Bieber recorded a cover of the song together with Kanye West's 2007 single " Stronger " ( Graduation ), which he posted on his YouTube account.

Kanye provided a performance of the song during his set at Live Earth 2007, before joining The Police and John Mayer onstage to perform " Message in a Bottle " for the concert's finale.

Was not this dropped primarily in order to `` appease '' the Chinese -- especially after `` Khrushchev's `` humiliating '' surrender to the West in canceling the German peace-treaty deadline of December 31??

On December 21, 1995, Israeli troops withdrew from Bethlehem, and three days later the city came under the complete administration and military control of the Palestinian National Authority in conformance with the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip in 1995.

On 16 December 2006 he became the first player for the West Indies to pass 10, 000 One Day International runs.

Chaplin starred in the West End production at the Duke of York's Theatre from 17 October to 2 December 1905.

* La fanciulla del West, libretto by Guelfo Civinini and Carlo Zangarini ( premiered at the Metropolitan Opera, 10 December 1910 )

As of December 2010, 327, 750 Israelis live in the 121 officially-recognised settlements in the West Bank, 192, 000 Israelis live in settlements in East Jerusalem and over 20, 000 live in settlements in the Golan Heights.

Strongly opposed to the abolitionists who sought to end slavery in the U. S., Booth attended the hanging on December 2, 1859, of abolitionist leader John Brown, who was executed for leading a raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry ( in present-day West Virginia ).

Tony West, his lawyer, explained it as follows :" One of the first things he told Army interrogators when they questioned him on December 3 of last year was that after 9 / 11 happened, he wanted to leave the front lines but couldn't for fear of his life.

After Indian Independence in 1947, the West Bengal State Legislature, with the concurrence of the Government of India, enacted the Jadavpur University Act, 1955 to convert the institute into Jadavpur University with full autonomy on ( December 24, 1955 ).

* Reached an agreement for his " nuclear ambitions " with a NATO Military Committee in December 1956 that stipulated West German forces to be " equipped for nuclear warfare ".

He was Chancellor of West Germany from 1 December 1966 until 21 October 1969.

The foreign relations of Laos, after the takeover by the Pathet Lao in December 1975, were characterized by a hostile posture toward the West, with the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic aligning itself with the Soviet bloc, maintaining close ties with the Soviet Union and depending heavily on the Soviets for most of its foreign assistance.

A delegation led by the West Cornwall Liberal Democrat MP Andrew George and representatives of the Convention ( Bert Biscoe, Richard Ford, Dick Cole, David Fieldsend and Andrew Climo ) presented the declaration to 10 Downing Street on Wednesday 12 December 2001.

Image: Silver Bridge, 1928. jpg | Silver Bridge in Point Pleasant, West Virginia which collapsed into the Ohio River on December 15, 1967, killing 46 persons.

On December 17, the Chargers defeated the Denver Broncos 17 – 7 for their first AFC West division title since the AFL-NFL merger before a national Monday Night Football television audience and their home crowd.

A check of the website Old Bailey for " Associated Records 1674-1834 " for an alleged trial in December 1801 and hanging of Sweeney Todd for January 1802 shows no reference ; the only murder trial for this period is that of a Governor / Lt Col. Joseph Wall who was hanged 28 January 1802 for killing a Benjamin Armstrong on 10 July 1782 on the isle of Gorée, West Africa, and the discharge of a Humphrey White in January 1802.

In January 1979, the Undertones recorded their eponymous debut album at Eden Studios in Acton, West London, using producer Roger Bechirian, whom the band had worked with for the first time the previous December, when Bechirian had produced the band's second single, " Get Over You ".

The Treaty of the Danish West Indies was signed in August 1916, with a Danish referendum held in December 1916 to confirm the decision.

Near the airport is the site of a closed ( December 2000 ) alumina factory which processed bauxite from Suriname and West Africa.

In December 1941, the Empire of Japan, which aimed to dominate East Asia and Indochina, joined the Axis, attacked the United States and European territories in the Pacific Ocean, and quickly conquered much of the West Pacific.

He is even the subject of a Saint Stephen's Day ( celebrated on December 26 in the West ) Carol, written in 1853 that remains popular to this day, Good King Wenceslas.

Wenceslaus is the subject of the popular Saint Stephen's Day ( celebrated on December 26 in the West ) Carol, " Good King Wenceslas ".

The 1958 European premiere at the Manchester Opera House transferred to London, where it opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End on Friday December 12, 1958 and ran until June 1961 with a total of 1, 039 performances.

" He directed a pre-Broadway production of West Side Story at the National Theatre in Washington, D. C. that ran from December 15, 2008 through January 17, 2009.

This was particularly useful during the First Intifada in December 1987, which began as an uprising of Palestinians against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.