West, 37, spoke to graduates at Los Angeles Trade Technical College and dished out some hard-earned advice, reported MTV online.
"When you're the absolute best, you get hated on the most. It's a tough world out there. You're going to prepare yourself for politics, bad bosses, hating employees... Even for me as a successful musician, to make the transition (into fashion), it was really all but impossible. People really try to box you in to what they know you best for," he said.
"The most successful artists are as close to who they were when they were five years old or four years old or three years old, or when my daughter wakes up and decides to change her career seven times a day," he said.
"So I feel extremely honoured to see new talent fighting for their voice that I can only imagine they've been fighting for since age three," he added.
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