Inside the mind of Kanye West

Source: BBC News:

December 17, 2018 at 01:09

The rapper has hit the headlines almost as much for his mental health as his music this year, but what's really going on?

Three images of Kanye West — BBC THREE / GETTY IMAGES

No celebrity has dominated 2018 in quite the same way as Kanye West. The US musician has worked on five of the year’s biggest albums, released his own chart-topping eighth album, Ye, and shared a love-in with Donald Trump in the Oval Office. He’s also been at the centre of intense scrutiny over his mental health - a subject he referenced in his recent Twitter tirade against fellow rapper Drake - and which is explored in a new BBC Three documentary, Searching for...Kanye.

After a social media hiatus lasting almost a year, the Chicago-born rapper, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer tweeted his support for President Trump in April: “You don't have to agree with Trump but the mob can't make me not love him. We are both dragon energy. He is my brother,” he said.

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