Record producer and rapper Kanye West declared in a recent interview that singer 50 Cent deserves more credit at award ceremonies.

West, 28, believes 50 Cent is really talented and doesn't understand why he didn't received an award at the 2004 Grammys, where Evanescence won the prize for best new artist.

"I remember being there and Evanescence won... and it's like 'who?'" Kanye told MTV's TRL Monday. "But they say that the best new artist award at the Grammys is the kiss of death."

He added: "These award shows... I don't want to say that they're fixed... it's just hard when you impact the world the way that he did and then they want to turn around and not give you your proper credit.

When that first album came out, it was 50 Cent by a mile. How could you have the audacity to let anyone [else] win?

He was a sure win for any competition he was in so anything he didn't win that year, he was robbed."

Kanye Omari West , born June 8, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia, and previously best known for producing hit singles for major Hip-Hop/R&B artists, including Alicia Keys, Jay-Z, and Ludacris, worked on his solo album for a long period of time, having the release pushed back time and time again.

Kanye recorded "Through The Wire" while he was still recovering from a car accident. The song became his lead single from The College Dropout, which was released on Roc-a-Fella Records in February 2004.

On August 30th, 2005, Kanye West released his second album "Late Registration". "Diamonds (From Sierra Leone)", which contained samples from Shirley Bassey's "Diamonds Are Forever" and "Gold Digger", were the first two singles from "Late Registration", the album selling over 904,000 in its first week.

West announced that his 3rd and 4th albums will be titled "Graduation" and "A Good Ass Job", respectively.