KANYE WEST - WEST TO PEN BOOK OF 'PHILOSOPHIES + ANECDOTES'

KANYE WEST is set to add author to his resume, with a new book of "insightful philosophies and anecdotes". The rapper has teamed up with J. Sakiya Sandifer to pen Thank You And You're Welcome, which will hit book stores early in 2008. The tome follows a recent release by West's mother, Donda - Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother Of A Hip-Hop Superstar.