Kanye West Thanks Jay-Z And Beyonce For Helping Him Through His 'Darkest Hours' - Video

Kanye West thanked Jay-Z and Beyonce for helping him through his 'darkest hour' during his recent homecoming show.

The rapper was performing at the United Center on the second night on his current Watch the Throne concert with Jay-Z.

Speaking to the crowd, he said: “It’s a glorious occasion Ye. But right now I want ya’ll to put two fingers in the air right now. I wanna dedicate this show to the lady that brought me to Chicago at age three, the first black female chair of the English department at Chicago State University, Dr. Donda Claire Ann West. I know she up there looking down right now and she helped me get through these past four years, when America turned they back on me, when the world turned they back on me for tellin’ ya’ll the motherf*ckin’ truth.”

He added, “And now I’m leading the Grammy nominations. And I just wanna thank Beyoncé and Jay-Z for standing by me in my darkest hours and you, Chicago, for standing by me in my darkest hour and giving me reason to feel like I should stay alive when the world thought I should die and staying by my side.”

Meanwhile, Adele, Kanye West and Foo Fighters lead this year's 2011 Grammy Award nominations.