I LOVE MY MUMMY!

"Since my mom died I'm about living to cultivate myself by traveling the world. My mom instilled that in me when she took me to China with her for a year. I was in the fifth grade and I know she prepped me for my many journeys to come. My mom 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."

- Kanye West tells Essence