The Top 10 Kanye West Magazine Covers

Yeezy has been running things for over a decade.

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The Source, April 2004 - One of Kanye’s first solo covers was this colorful cover of The Source, released in the run-up to his 2004 debut, The College Dropout.  (Photo: Courtesy of The Source Magazine)
XXL, October 2004 - XXL gave Kanye one of his first big looks when guest editor Dave Chappelle tapped his favorite rappers, Yeezy, dead prez, Common and Talib Kweli, to pose together crew deep on the cover of the October 2004 issue.(Photo: Courtesy of XXL Magazine)TIME, August 29, 2005 - TIME was one of the first mainstream magazines to give Kanye cover love back in 2005, calling him "the smartest man in pop music."  (Photo: Courtesy of Time Magazine)

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Kanye West's Magazine Covers - Stop the presses—Kanye West’s been killing magazine covers for almost a decade now. Yesterday, his newest triumph was unveiled: The August/September issue of Complex, which features a striking, and bound to be controversial, image of Yeezy and his G.O.O.D. Music soldiers in the shape of a crucifix. With the label’s feverishly anticipated Cruel Summer album just around the corner, it’s perfect timing, and the latest in a long series of eye-catching Kanye covers. Read on to see just some of our favorites. (Photo: Courtesy of Complex Magazine)

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