Photo SpecialMama's Boys

From Mario Lopez to Kanye West, see why Hollywood's hottest call their mothers their best friends. By Brian Orloff

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KANYE WEST & DONDA WEST

Rapper Kanye West may have an infamous ego, but he chills out when it comes to his professor mother, for whom he penned the tribute "Hey Mama." In a letter to his mother in Essence, West wrote, "Everything is in that song – how much I care about you and how you've always been there for me. The first time you heard it, you cried and said it was beautiful." And now? It's her ringtone.

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