On the album cover for Bowie's 1972 The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, the musician is standing under
a sign that says 'K.WEST'. The first song on the album is called "
Five Years," where the titular Ziggy is told the world will end in 5 years, unless a '
Starman' will come to Earth to save humanity from itself;
five years and (two days) after the album was released, Kanye West was born in Chicago, Illinois.
Coincidence?
