Donda West Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Donda West was born on July 12, 1949 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA as Donda Williams. She was married to Ray West. She died on November 10, 2007 in Marina del Rey, California, USA.
Full Name
Donda West
Net Worth
$16 Million
Date Of Birth
July 12, 1949
Died
November 10, 2007, Marina del Rey, California, United States
Place Of Birth
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
Profession
Professor
Nationality
American
Children
Kanye West
Parents
Portwood Williams, Lucille E. Williams
Siblings
Portwood Williams Jr, Shirlie Scoggins Sullivan
IMDB
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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Release of her book, "Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar". [2007]
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A member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated.
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Former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department.
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Was professor and chair of the English Department at Chicago State University from 1980 to 2004, and retired to become her son's manager.
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She served as chief executive of West Brands, the parent company of Kanye's business enterprises, and as chairwoman of the Kanye West Foundation, a nonprofit that works to decrease dropout rates and improve literacy.
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Previously taught in the early 1970s at Brown College in Atlanta.
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In 2007, she released a book called "Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar".
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Earned a bachelor's degree in English from Virginia Union University in 1971 and a PhD from Auburn University in 1980. She was also a Fulbright scholar who studied in Nanjing, China.
