Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Wasan kwaikwayo na farko na West na "Touch the Sky" ya faru ne a farkon kakar 31 na "Saturday Night Live", tare da Yammacin Yammacin "Gold Digger" a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na waƙa. A ranar 11 ga Oktoba, 2005, West ya yi shi kai tsaye a matsayin mai buɗewa ga wasan kwaikwayo na Touch the Sky Tour a Cibiyar Taro ta Jami'ar Miami. A lokacin wasan kwaikwayon, West ya sa rigar mai launin fata da wando, jaket mai sutura da tabarau tare da farar fata. West ya nemi jama'a su yi ihu kalmomin waƙar kuma sun bi ta hanyar buƙatarsa. A lokacin wannan yawon shakatawa, West ya yi shi a Cibiyar Air Canada a Toronto a ranar 9 ga Nuwamba, yana buɗe waƙarsa. An gabatar da waƙar a Abbey Road Studios ta West don kundin waƙarsa ta 2006 "Late Orchestration". Yamma ya yi rawar "Touch the Sky", "Stronger" (2007), "Good Life" (2007) da sauran waƙoƙi guda ɗaya a Be the Change Youth Ball for the
da farko rantsar da Barack Obama a matsayin shugaban Amurka a ranar 20 ga Janairu, 2009. Yayin da yake yin wasan kwaikwayon, Kanye ya gaya wa taron: "Bari mu yi wani amo ga sabon shugabanmu, Obama. Yana da kyau a tsaya a nan", yayin da kuma lura cewa mahaifiyarsa Donda West za ta yi alfaharin ganin ya yi wa shugaban kasa. A watan Fabrairun 2009, Kanye West ya ba da fassarar waƙar don kundin raye-raye na 2010 "VH1 Storytellers". Wasan ya fara ne a cikin salon da aka saukar da kiɗa, tare da bass da drums kawai suna kasancewa tare da wakokin West. Lokacin da waƙar ta kai ga ƙarshe, West ya bayyana "mafi girman ciwo a rayuwarsa". Zuwa karshen wasan kwaikwayonsa, West ya nuna sanin kansa ta hanyar yarda da cewa ya kasance "ɓarawo na dogon lokaci".