He often scowls when photographed in public.
But Kanye West insists that his typically glum appearance is a tribute to the 'cool' expressions seen during the late 19th-century.
The 37-year-old revealed on Thursday at The Daily Front Row's inaugural Fashion Los Angeles Awards at the Sunset Tower Hotel that he refuses to smile for the camera, despite being happy, after taking inspiration from a history book he found in a Parisian flea market.
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