⟵ 2001 • 2002 • 2003 →
2002 was a pivotal year for Kanye West. In August, he was signed to Roc-A-Fella Records. However, two months later, Kanye suffered a nearly fatal car accident that changed the trajectory of his career.
Releases[]

The aftermath of Kanye's infamous car crash on October 23, 2002.

The cover for Kanye's first mixtape, Get Well Soon..., which released on December 14, 2002.
Mixtapes[]
- Get Well Soon... (December 14)[1]
Features[]
- Beanie Sigel, Freeway - "Got Nowhere" (ft. Kanye West) (January 29)[2]
- Scarface - "Guess Who's Back" (ft. Jay-Z, Beanie Sigel, Kanye West) (April 30)[3]
- Jay-Z - "The Bounce" (ft. Kanye West) (November 12)[4]
- Talib Kweli - "Guerrilla Monsoon Rap" (ft. Black Thought, Pharoahe Monch, Kanye West) (November 19)[5]
- Damon Dash - "Champions" (ft. Kanye West, Beanie Sigel, Young Chris, Cam’ron, Twista) (November 26)[6]
- Talib Kweli - "Live From Irving Plaza, NY" (ft. Kanye West, Yasiin Bey) (December 14)[7]
- Jay-Z - "Live From Tweeter Center, IL" (ft. Kanye West) (December 14)[8]
- Consequence - "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" (ft. Kanye West) (December 14)[9]
- Joe - "What If A Woman (Remix)" (ft. Kanye West, Lon Don) (December)[10]
- Consequence - "Over React" (ft. Kanye West) (December)[11]
Production credits[]
- Cam'ron - "Dead or Alive" (ft. Jim Jones) (May 14)[12]
- Knoc-turn'al - "Muzik" (ft. Samuel Christian) (July 30)[13]
- 50 Cent - "Guess Who's Back Freestyle" (ft. Funkmaster Flex) (August 1)[14]
- Scarface - "In Cold Blood" (August 6)[15]
- Scarface - "Heaven" (ft. Kelly Price) (August 6)[16]
- Trina - "B R Right" (ft. Ludacris) (August 27)[17]
- Nas - "Poppa Was a Playa" (September 23)[18]
- Yasiin Bey - "Brown Sugar (Fine)" (September 24)[19]
- Jay-Z - "'03 Bonnie & Clyde" (ft. Beyoncé) (October 10)[20]
- 50 Cent - "You're Not Ready" (ft. Tony Yayo, Lloyd Banks) (November 1)[21]
- Jay-Z - "A Dream" (ft. The Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans) (November 12)[22]
- Jay-Z - "Poppin' Tags" (ft. Killer Mike, Big Boi, Twista) (November 12)[23]
- Jay-Z - "Some People Hate" (November 12)[24]
- Talib Kweli - "Get By" (November 19)[25]
- Talib Kweli - "Good To You" (November 19)[26]
- Freeway - "Show Go On" (ft. Twista) (December 14)[27]
- Cam'ron - "Takeover Freestyle" (December 14)[28]
- Scarface - "Reebok Commercial" (December 14)[29]
- GLC - "My Life, My Love" (December 14)[30]
August[]
- 8: Kanye is signed to Roc-A-Fella Records.[31]
October[]
- 23: Kanye suffers a car crash in California, leaving him with severe jaw injuries. Just days later, Kanye began recording his verses for his then-upcoming single, "Through The Wire".[32]
December[]
- 14: Kanye releases his first mixtape titled Get Well Soon....
References[]
- ↑ https://genius.com/albums/Kanye-west/Get-well-soon
- ↑ https://genius.com/Beanie-sigel-and-freeway-got-nowhere-lyrics
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guess_Who%27s_Back
- ↑ https://genius.com/Jay-z-the-bounce-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Talib-kweli-guerrilla-monsoon-rap-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Dame-dash-champions-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-live-from-irving-plaza-ny-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Jay-z-live-from-tweeter-center-il-interlude-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Consequence-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Joe-what-if-a-woman-kanye-west-remix-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Kanye-west-overreact-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Camron-dead-or-alive-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Knoc-turnal-muzik-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/50-cent-funk-flex-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Scarface-in-cold-blood-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Scarface-heaven-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Trina-b-r-right-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Nas-poppa-was-a-playa-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Yasiin-bey-brown-sugar-fine-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Jay-z-03-bonnie-and-clyde-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/50-cent-your-not-ready-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Jay-z-a-dream-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Jay-z-poppin-tags-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Jay-z-some-people-hate-lyrics
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quality_(Talib_Kweli_album)
- ↑ https://genius.com/Talib-kweli-good-to-you-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Freeway-and-twista-show-goes-on-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Camron-takeover-freestyle-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Scarface-reebok-commercial-lyrics
- ↑ https://genius.com/Glc-my-life-my-love-lyrics
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanye_West
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Wire