The Wire - Through

Before this, Kanye was primarily seen as a producer; the song proved he could lead as an artist and paved the way for his debut album, The College Dropout .

He compares his injured face to Emmett Till and references being at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the same hospital where The Notorious B.I.G. passed away. Through The Wire

In October 2002, Kanye fell asleep behind the wheel and survived a head-on collision that shattered his jaw in three places. Before this, Kanye was primarily seen as a