Kanye West & Bill Plympton present “Through The Wire” – The Words and Lyrics of Kanye West

by Staff, October 20, 2009

kanye west bill plympton through the wire Kanye West & Bill Plympton present Through The Wire The Words and Lyrics of Kanye West

Through the Wire is a graphic memoir that illustrates the lyrics of twelve Kanye West songs to tell his story, from his decision to drop out of college to pursue his dreams in music, through his days spent folding chinos at the Gap while struggling at night to make a name as a producer, through the pivotal car accident that eventually set him on the course to stardom and the epiphany of realizing exactly who he had become.

Academy Award-nominated animator, cartoonist, and illustrator, Bill Plympton illustrates each of the songs in detail, his vision of Kanye’s world. The songs are annotated with explanations of the references in the songs, biographical components that illuminate the lyrics, and their meaning on a deeply personal level.

The result is a one-of-a-kind book that initially grabs you and stays with you forever. “Through The Wire” will see a release on November 9th, 2009 at select booksellers, although Amazon is now taking pre-orders.

12 Responses

  1. Posted by: MisterBenja on November 4, 2009 at 2:44 am

    Dude’s telling his story with a book illustrated by a badass. What’s the problem? Does he have to do only one thing? He’s making more music via production and guest starring than most artists that don’t do anything *but* music.

  2. Posted by: kanye west on October 23, 2009 at 6:33 pm

    I didnt know fish could write books, gay ones at that

  3. Posted by: Bored on October 22, 2009 at 8:46 am

    As much as I love Kanye, I’m really starting to get sick of seeing him everywhere. Oversaturation.

  4. Posted by: The $tatus Faction on October 21, 2009 at 1:29 pm

    plympton is the shit!

  5. Posted by: johnny deep on October 21, 2009 at 1:10 pm

    but then again all these guys above me camped out for yeezys……

  6. Posted by: JUwellNyC! Wash Hieghts on October 21, 2009 at 11:58 am

    Thats great! Im happy for you!! and Ima let you finish… But Dr Seuss had the greatest illustrated book of all time!

  7. Posted by: Fresh on October 21, 2009 at 11:37 am

    dumb. hes gotten way too full of himself. over the top.

  8. Posted by: JAyP on October 21, 2009 at 12:55 am

    wtf is it with all these books? make music :/

  9. Posted by: truth sayer on October 20, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    Bill Plympton is a genius.. Kanye’s brilliance never ceases to amaze me!!!

  10. Posted by: Dots... on October 20, 2009 at 2:47 pm

    Everytime Kanye comes up he kinda overdose things. I’m sick of seeing Kanye now especially without an album coming soon.

  11. Posted by: lyre on October 20, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    great, now kanye thinks he’s a published author

  12. Posted by: coolman555 on October 20, 2009 at 1:16 pm

    now this sounds interesting