Well the great thing about Kanye West is he crosses over between genres, and he's willing to dabble in whatever he wants. But he's obviously at least partially hip hop.

And to whoever called him a 'terrible human being' - no, Josef Fritzl is a terrible human being, Kanye West is a guy with a big ego who does stupid things sometimes but is great enough on record that I couldn't care less how much of a tool he is (see also: Lou Reed, Mogwai, Damon Albarn and many more).