Abloh was born and raised in Rockford, Ill., to Ghanaian immigrant parents.
His mother was a seamstress, while his father managed a paint company.
By 2011, he was creative director of the rapper’s creative agency Donda.
Virgil Abloh, Louis Vuitton men’s artistic director and the creative mind behind the album art of several hip-hop albums this past decade, has died of cancer at 41.Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty
He also sold a majority stake of Off-White to LVMH in July of this year.
Kanye West and Virgil Abloh.Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty
