
Rapper
Kanye West has denied he has turned his back on rap for good - insisting he will always be a hip-hop performer. The Stronger hit-maker has opted for a new sound on his latest record, 808s and Heartbreak, singing on the tracks instead of rapping. And he was recently quoted as announcing he has finished with the genre, saying, "Hip-hop is over for me. I sing, not rap, on this album. I now want to be grouped among those musicians you see in those old black-and-white photos - the Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles."