Kanye West opens up about his late mother

Kanye West has opened up about the impact his late mother had on him, it has emerged.

The rapper spoke candidly in a recent interview about the lessons he learned from his mother, Dr Donda West, who died in 2007 at the age of 58.

West told Essence magazine: "Since my mum died I'm about living to cultivate myself by travelling the world.

"My mum was an educator so she brought that kind of knowledge and instilled it in me. Now, I'm keeping her dream alive through the foundation to take it to the next level."

West has dedicated his organisation, The Kanye West Foundation, and offshoot Loop Dreams, to the memory of his mother.