The thrilling rollercoaster of Kanye West's life and career - The ubiquitous Kanye West shows no signs of slowing down as he releases back-to-back albums in May and June this year. 

The following images depict some of his most talked about moments of his life and career.

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Kanye West - Kanye West is a music producer and rap superstar who has reinvented hip-hop several times over the course of his career. He makes headlines for his controversial and sometimes bizarre public statements while simultaneously creating thrilling masterpieces of music.

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Kanye West - He has had six out of his eight solo albums debut at No. 1 while having sold a total of 34 million albums. He has won 21 Grammy awards and has been featured twice in Time magazine's 100 most influential people list.

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2018 album releases - 2018 is expected to be a huge year for the rapper as he releases back-to-back albums. He has five albums scheduled to be released in the span of a month, as both producer and rapper. The most recent, 'Ye,' was released on June 1.

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2018 album releases - On Friday, June 8, West will release his next album: a collaboration with Kid Cudi entitled 'Kids See Ghosts.' West is also producing rapper Nas' new album set to drop on June 15.

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2018 album releases - It was revealed that upon its release, the top seven songs on Apple Music and Spotify were from West's 'Ye' album. The album itself is predicted to debut at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart.

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Album release party - The album listening party event for his newest release, 'Ye,' took place in Wyoming, United States, a day before the album's June 1 release. The album has since earned rave reviews.

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Diagnosis - The rapper admitted in an interview at the end of May 2018 that he had been recently diagnosed as bipolar. He stated that while he felt it fueled his creativity, it also presented serious consequences in his life, as reported by People.

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Mental state - The rapper has been known to engage in impulsive and questionable behavior which may be related to his recently diagnosed mental illness.

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Bipolar disorder - In his new album, he raps about his disorder: "That's my bipolar s***, n***a, what?
That's my superpower, n***a, ain't no disability,
I'm a superhero! I'm a superhero!"

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Controversial behavior - When Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video award for 'You Belong with Me' in 2009, he stole the microphone from her and protested the award, claiming that Beyoncé should have won instead.

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More controversy - Recently, he received backlash for suggesting that slavery was a choice during an interview with TMZ.

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Marriage - In addition to his busy music career, Kanye is married and has three children with socialite Kim Kardashian. They started dating in 2012 and married in 2014.

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Proposal - The rapper's marriage proposal was adorable, if not extravagant—he rented out a baseball stadium and had the words "PLEEEASE MARRY MEEE!!!!" spelled out in glowing letters on the big screen as he got down on one knee to pop the question.

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Family - The rapper welcomed his first child, North West, into the world in 2013.

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Family - He now has two more children, Saint and Chicago West. Saint was born in 2015 and Chicago at the beginning of 2018.

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Mother's death - In 2007, the rapper suffered a tragic loss when his mother, Donda, died from a heart attack. His heartbreaking album '808s & Heartbreak' expressed his pain and grief.

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Best album - His album 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,' released in 2010, has been named as his best album on many different rankings. He spent months in seclusion producing it and NME called it "an utterly dazzling portrait of a 21st-century schizoid man."

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Honorary degree - Although he dropped out of college at age 20 to pursue music, he received an honorary doctoral degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2015.

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Honorary degree - The dean of faculty and vice president of academic administration of the school stated that he deserved the degree after admitting his desire to have attended and graduated in his album 'The College Dropout,' according to CoS.

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Collaboration - In 2015, West became the only rapper in history to collaborate with musician Paul McCartney when they released their single 'FourFiveSeconds,' alongside Rihanna.

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Jay-Z - The artist has had a notoriously tumultuous relationship with fellow rapper Jay-Z. They have collaborated quite a bit throughout Kanye's career but have since had a falling out that has left fans waiting to see if they will resolve things.

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West meets fashion - Kanye West has also dabbled in the fashion world. He has an entire clothing line in addition to his own line of shoes, Yeezy Boost, the result of a partnership with Adidas.

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Trump - Kanye West caused a stir on social media after referring to President Donald Trump as his brother and claiming they shared the same "dragon energy." He was also spotted wearing a hat that read "Make America Great Again."

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Future president? - In April of this year, Kanye West announced that he may be running for president in 2024 by tweeting mock campaign posters.

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Book - Fans are anxiously awaiting his new philosophy-based book that he announced he was writing in April 2018. It will be called 'Break the Simulation.'

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More to come... - Kanye West may baffle audiences with his outrageous comments and bold opinions but he is an undeniably talented artist and producer whose creativity has proven that he's worthy of his spot on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.

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