Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te whakaaturanga ora tuatahi a West o "Touch the Sky" i puta i te whakaaturanga tuatahi o te waa 31 o "Saturday Night Live", me te whakawhiti a West mai i te waiata o "Gold Digger" ki te mahinga o te waiata. I te Oketopa 11, 2005, i whakatangihia e West i te ora hei whakatuwheratanga ki te whakaaturanga kickoff o te Touch the Sky Tour i te Whare Wananga o Miami's Convocation Center. I te wa o te whakaaturanga, i mau a West i te koti maama me te tarau, he koti koti me nga karaihe karaihe me nga anga ma. I tono a West ki te mano ki te hamama i nga kupu o te waiata ka whai ake i tana tono. I te haerenga ano, i whakatangihia e West i te Whare Air Canada i Toronto i te Noema 9, i whakatuwherahia ano tana konohete. I tukuna he mahinga o te waiata i Abbey Road Studios e West mo tana pukaemi ora 2006 "Late Orchestration". I whakatangihia e te Uru he kohinga o "Touch the Sky", "Stronger" (2007), "Good Life" (2007) me etahi atu takitahi i te Be the Change Youth Ball mo te
Ko te whakatūnga tuatahi o Barack Obama hei perehitini o Amerika i te 20 o Hānuere 2009. I a ia e mahi ana, ka mea a Kanye ki te mano: "Kia hanga e tatou he haruru mo to tatou peresideni hou, a Obama. He tino pai te tū ki konei", i a ia e kii ana ka whakapehapeha tona whaea a Donda West ki te kite i a ia e mahi ana mo te perehitini. I te Hui-tanguru 2009, i tukuna e Kanye West tetahi whakaaturanga o te ara mo tana pukaemi ora 2010 "VH1 Storytellers". I tiimata te mahinga i roto i te momo puoro kua whakakorea, ko te bass me te puoro anake kei te taha o nga reo o West. I te wa i tae ai te ara ki tona tihi, i whakaatu a West i tana "mate nui rawa atu i roto i te koiora". I te mutunga o tana mahi, i whakaatu a West i te mohio ki a ia ano ma te whakaae ki te "he piripiri mo te wa roa".