“18 Years” is a slam poetry delivered by Kanye on Def Poetry Jam series hosted by Mos Def. It was the last performance of the second episode of the fifth season.

Kanye has previously performed on the show in Season 3 and also delivered poetry titled “Bittersweet” in the episode 7 of season 5.

Kanye talks about gold diggers: women whose interest are in a man’s bank account and her material benefits, and also talks about the consequences of the gold-digging phenomenon in a plain-spoken yet humorous way. He also addresses the rising rate of liposuction and plastic surgeries by American women.

This performance was used in the second verse of Kanye’s Grammy winning single “Golddigger” which was released weeks later.