As Kanye West & Jay Z’s “Watch The Throne” tour kicks off to sold out crowds, the 2nd night finds Mr. West in his hometown and paying respect to his mother and power couple Jay Z & Beyonce.

In the performance, he mentions his 7 Grammy nominations and thanks Jay Z and Beyonce for standing by him during his darkest hours but the most pogniant part of his speech was, dedicated to his mother.

“It’s a glorious occasion,” said ‘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 Englishdepartment 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 motherfuckin’ truth.”