Kanye West is reportedly training to be a reverend.

The 'Bound 2' hitmaker is doing an online course in theology and religion so he can become a member of the clergy.

A friend told the Daily Star on Sunday newspaper: ''In the past year or two Kanye has become something of a born-again Christian. He used to go to church all the time as a kid but he lapsed badly as he got older.

''Now he's a father he's become more spiritual and a better person. He is even smiling a lot and thinks becoming a reverend will bring him closer to God.''

The rapper, 37, - who has daughter North, 21 months, with wife Kim Kardashian West - will have no trouble being able to address the wider issues in his sermons.

Recently he branded racism a ''dated concept'' that is used to ''separate and alienate'' people from one another.

He said at the time: ''Racism is a dated concept. It's like a silly concept that people try to touch on to either... to separate, to alienate, to pinpoint anything. It's stupid.

''It's like a bouncing ball in a room with two cats, or something, when you don't feel like playing with a cat. Let them literally fight over the bouncing ball. And the bouncing ball has nothing, no purpose, anything other than that it bounces. That's racism. It's not an actual thing that even means anything.''