After gathering information on the plight of children in West African countries, who since 1991 have been forced to mine the conflict diamonds and die in the civil wars funded by them. The song connects the material wealth West had become accustomed to following his rise to fame with the horrors of the civil war in the West African country Sierra Leone, financed by the illegal diamond trade. Shirley Bassey had praise for West after hearing the song for herself. The track features a sample of the song "Diamonds Are Forever" by Shirley Bassey. It was released on May 31, 2005, as the lead single of his second studio album, Late Registration. " Diamonds from Sierra Leone" is a song by American hip-hop artist Kanye West. Devo Springsteen, Jon Brion, Kanye West Late Registration chronology " Gone"
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