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)The Passion - Before there was Yeezus, there was this, likely inspired by the success of Kanye West's 2004 hit "Jesus Walks."(Photo: Rolling Stone Magazine, February 2006)

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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)

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