<p><br /> US rapper Kanye West has catapulted a British man to online superstar after choosing to follow him on Twitter.<br /> </p><p><br /> The artist joined the social networking site less than a week ago but his fan base is growing by the day and he currently has over 380,000 followers.<br /> </p><p><br /> However, the Gold Digger rapper was not following anyone himself, until Saturday night when he chose to follow ste_101's tweets, who turns out to be a man from Coventry.<br /> </p><p><br /> Real-name Steven Holmes was shocked by his famous fan and tweeted: "I feel pressure to say amusing and witty tweets now @kanyewest is following"<br /> </p><p><br /> But the rapper gave him some moral support by replying: Tweet strong young man tweet strong!!!"<br /> </p><p><br /> It is not understood why Kanye has chosen to follow just one person, but as a result of his famous fan, Steven's followers have grown from 60 to over 2,000.<br /> </p>
