“Kanye West is the No. 1 most impactful artist of this generation,” said Kanye West. Say what you will, but you can’t say Kanye West isn’t confident. West has worked his way into the hearts of hip-hop, rap, and music fans alike. He’s won 21 Grammys so far including best rap album 3 times, and he’s nominated for 4 more this year.

As much attention as he gets for his music, he gets about the same attention for his attitude. He doesn’t care about what the press thinks. He doesn’t care what anyone thinks.

This combination of skills both musically and socially has led him to be one of the most influential and well known artist in the history of rap. This month he’s showing the full power of his influence. He has announced his new album Waves will be released on February 11th, but he’s not doing a typical album release. West will be headlining a sold out Madison Square Garden on February 11th to debut “Yeezy Season 3” (his brand of clothing) along with the “World Premire of the album Waves in its entirety.”

This means Kanye West just sold out one of the largest performing venues in America to perform an album that no one has ever even heard before.

Any doubt about Kanye West’s power in the music industry should be extinguished by now, but it doesn’t end there. West will also have the event live streaming to movie theaters in 26 different countries around the world. It will be a worldwide event.

You can find tickets to a movie theater near you showing the event at http://tickets.kanyewest.com/. This is the first time a musician has ever done this. Perhaps Kanye West knew what he was talking about when he proclaimed that he is, “the most impactful artist of this generation.”