Kanye West's American Idol audition

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In October last year, a sneak peak of Kanye West's audition for the upcoming and final season of American Idol was released on Kim Kardashian's Instagram.

The full audition has now been released, with judges Keith Urban, Harry Connick, Jr, and Jennifer Lopez - whose name appears in the verse of his West's hit 'Gold Digger', which is the song he auditions with - play along and pretend they don't know who he is and want to know his story.

West says he's a rapper trying to make it, and that no one had ever taken him seriously.

Behind the scenes, his wife Kim Kardashian-West also plays along, pretending to be an anxious supporter, along with host Ryan Seacrest.

West, of course, leaves with the golden ticket to Hollywood.

Watch the video.