Post- Graduation After Graduation, the Dropout Bear rarely—if ever—appeared on West’s content. It seemed that West had truly graduated from that phase of his life.

Graduation was a much more daring album than Kanye’s previous two, where he’d made the transition from successful producer to bankable star. Its songs are built from much different sounds than ...

Kanye West really likes himself and isn't afraid to show it. But all his ego-driven rants aside, his new album "Graduation" feels more like the genius of a producer who needed a ghost writer.

Even though Kanye was a big fan of Murakami's work, it took 2 to 3 years for him to settle on a final design. But after various proposals and adjustments, the Graduation album cover was finally born.

On this day in 2007, the “old” Kanye released his third studio album, the last of his scholastically themed albums, which is aptly titled Graduation on the Def Jam/Roc-A-Fella imprint.

For Halloween this year, the 10-year-old threw it back to 2007 and dressed up as the bear featured on the cover of Ye’s, formerly known as Kanye West, 2007 album “Graduation.” ...