Kanye West

This Aug. 19, 2013 photo shows singer Kanye West, left, with host Kris Jenner during a taping of her talk show \"Kris,\" in Culver City, Calif. West proclaims his love for Jenner's daughter, Kim Kardashian, and their daughter North in the interview airing Friday, Aug. 23. (AP Photo/20th Century Television, Barry J. Holmes)

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 06: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian attend the Costume Institute Gala for the \"PUNK: Chaos to Couture\" exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2013 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images)

Singer Kanye West and girlfriend Kim Kardashian attend Gabrielle's Angel Foundation 2012 Angel Ball cancer research benefit at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday Oct. 22, 2012 in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

LOS ANGELES, CA - MAY 12: Kim Kardashian and Kanye West watch the video board from their courtside seats as the Los Angeles Lakers take on the Denver Nuggets in Game Seven of the Western Conference Quarterfinals in the 2012 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2012 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

Kanye West performs as a model wears lingerie during the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show on November 9, 2011 in New York. The show will be broadcast on November 29 on CBS. AFP PHOTO/TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

LEDBURY, UNITED KINGDOM - AUGUST 06: Kanye West headlines the main stage during day 3 of The Big Chill Festival 2011 at Eastnor Castle Deer Park on August 6, 2011 in Ledbury, United Kingdom. (Photo by Ollie Millington/Redferns)

American musician Kanye West performs in Yas Island on the first night of the F1 motor race meeting in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Friday, Nov. 12, 2010. Formula One chief Bernie Ecclestone on Friday called the 2010 Formula One season \"fantastic\" and said the four-way battle for the championship has been good for the sport.(AP Photo/Nousha Salimi)

Kanye West rides a float down 7th Avenue in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)

Hip-hop artist Kanye West is pictured before a screening of \"Runaway,\" a short film he directed that will accompany his forthcoming album \"My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,\" Monday, Oct. 18, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Jay-Z and Kanye West perform at Yankee Stadium on September 13, 2010 in New York, New York. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) *** Local Caption *** Jay-Z;Kanye West

LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 12: Kanye West performs onstage during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at NOKIA Theatre L.A. LIVE on September 12, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift performs at the MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, Sept. 12, 2010 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 27: Musician Kanye West performs onstage during the 2010 BET Awards held at the Shrine Auditorium on June 27, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage) *** Local Caption *** Kanye West

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Kanye West takes the microphone from Taylor Swift and speaks onstage during the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage)

NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 13: Kanye West and Amber Rose arrive at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall on September 13, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kanye West;Amber Rose

CHICAGO - JUNE 11: Kanye West attends the 2nd Stay in School benefit concert press conference at Hotel Sax on June 11, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo by Paul Warner/WireImage) *** Local Caption *** Kanye West

NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 18: (L-R) Amber Rose, rapper Kanye West and singer Natasha Bedingfield attend the Alexandre Herchcovitch Fall 2009 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in the Salon at Bryant Park on February 18, 2009 in New York City. (Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images for IMG)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: Singer/rapper Kanye West on stage at the 50th Annual GRAMMY Awards at the Staples Center on February 10, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Caulfield/WireImage)

When Kanye's Graduation and 50 Cent's Curtis are both scheduled for release on September 11, the two engage in a friendly (both are being released by subsidiaries of Universal Music Group) public sales battle. 50 promises to retire if he loses.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK - NOVEMBER 02: (UK TABLOID NEWSPAPERS OUT) Kanye West (L) and Timbaland present the Best Video Award to Jeremie Rozan and Martial Schmeltz, directors of \"We Are Your Friends\" by Justice Vs Simian on stage at the 13th annual MTV Europe Music Awards 2006 at the Bella Center on November 2, 2006 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images for MTV)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 08: Singer Kanye West with his awards for Best Rap Song, Best Rap Solo Performance and Best Rap Album with his mother Donda West pose in the press room at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards at the Staples Center on February 8, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

The photo from Rolling Stone magazine shows outspoken rapper Kanye West, with a crown of thorns atop his head, as Jesus Christ on the cover of the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.(AP Photo/Rolling Stone)

Los Angeles, UNITED STATES: Kanye West (R) and Jamie Foxx (L) perform during the 48th Annual Grammy Awards 08 February 2006 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. AFP PHOTO/Timothy A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)

Kanye West, winner of Best Rap Album for \"The College Dropout\" (Photo by KMazur/WireImage for The Recording Academy (View ONLY))

NEW YORK - AUGUST 30: Rapper Kanye West poses at Tower Records where he is greeting fans and signing copies of his new CD \"Late Registration\" on August 30, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 13: General view as singer Kanye West performs \"Jesus Walks\" on stage during the 47th Annual Grammy Awards at Staples Center February 13, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)

NEW YORK - OCTOBER 1: In this handout photo provided by NBC studios, Mike Myers (L) makes a surprise appearance reuniting with his Katrina Telethon partner, Kanye West, who went off script and criticized the Bush Administration, during the season premiere of \"Saturday Night Live\" at NBC studios October 1, 2005 in New York City. (Photo by Dana Edelson/NBC via Getty Images)

Kanye West perfroms \"The New Workout Plan\" (Photo by KMazur/WireImage for American Music Awards)

(EXCLUSIVE, Premium Rates Apply) Kanye West and Anna Nicole Smith (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage)