Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Kuita kwekutanga kweWest kweTV kwe "Touch the Sky" kwakaitika pakuratidzwa kwemwaka 31 we "Saturday Night Live", naWest achichinja kubva murwiyo rwe "Gold Digger" kuita rwiyo. Musi waGumiguru 11, 2005, West akairidza mhenyu seye kuvhura kuratidzira kwekutanga kweTouch the Sky Tour kuYunivhesiti yeMiami's Convocation Center. Munguva yemutambo wacho, West akapfeka hembe nebhurugwa zvine ruvara rwakajeka, bhachi resutu uye magirazi ezuva ane machena machena. West akakumbira boka revanhu kuti vashevedzere mashoko orwiyo rwacho uye vakatevera chikumbiro chake. Panguva imwe cheteyo, yakaitwa naWest paAir Canada Centre muToronto musi waNovember 9, achivhura konzati yake zvakare. Rwiyo rwiyo rwakaendeswa kuAbbey Road Studios naWest nokuda kwebhuku rake ra2006 "Late Orchestration". West akaita musanganiswa we "Bata Denga", "Simba" (2007), "Hupenyu Hwakanaka" (2007) uye mamwe ma singles paBe the Change Youth Ball ye
kugadzwa kwokutanga kwaBarack Obama semutungamiri weUnited States musi waJanuary 20, 2009. Achiridza, Kanye akaudza boka revanhu kuti: "Ngatirumbidzei mutungamiri wedu mutsva, Obama. Kunonzwa zvakanaka kwazvo kumira pano", achitaurawo kuti amai vake Donda West vaizodada kumuona achiitira mutungamiri wenyika. MunaFebruary 2009, Kanye West akapa shanduro yenzira ye2010 yake yekurarama album "VH1 Storytellers". Mutambo wacho wakatanga nenzira yakaderedzwa mumhanzi, nebhasi chete nemadhiramu zviripo pamwe chete nenzwi raWest. Apo nhepfenyuro yacho yakasvika pakakwirira, West akazivisa "kurwadziwa kwake kukuru muupenyu". Nechokumugumo kwokuita kwake, West akaratidza kuzviziva kupfurikidza nokubvuma kuva "munhu ane utsinye kwenguva refu kwazvo".