Kanye West: Find Out Why the Star is Giving Back

It appears life must go on for Kanye West, who is not letting his reported split from girlfriend Amber Rose affect his giving mood, according to a spokesperson for the star. Today West will be at a Benefit Concert at The Chicago Theatre, he told USA Today in a phone interview. All proceeds will go to the Kanye West Foundation, which ESSENCE.com previously reported was started by his late mother, Donda West, to help kids stay in school. “It just makes me happy that we have really great people involved that can help to keep my mother’s vision of education in an innovative way alive. I’m just really happy we can keep going what she’d started.”—Shavon S. Greene