When Kanye West first made his debut as a musical artist, the world was quick to see all the talent and artistic potential that he possessed.
There wasn’t a single person in the world who could have imagined that this rap icon would later be better known for the outrageous hijinks that he’s been up to recently.
In recent years, Kanye West has attempted to run in a presidential election, changed his name to Ye, and just bought the house next door to his soon-to-be ex-wife!
This has left the world to wonder what happened to Kanye West for him to make such stark changes.
What Happened To Kanye West?
A lot of different major life events have occurred since Kanye West first became popular and even before that, ranging from the death of his mother to the crushing pressure of always being in the public eye.
All of this isn’t helped by the fact that Kanye West has mental health problems, most notably his struggle with bipolar disorder.
While there is no way to truly know what has caused Kanye West to act the way he does, most people point to the fact that he doesn’t like to take the medication for his bipolar disorder and not being able to deal with all the stress he has endured properly.
Many fans believe that it was the death of his mother in 2007 that was truly the breaking point for West.
His mother had been the only constant person in his life since was born and to lose her while he was going into the next phase of his life had to be soul-crushing.
The death of a parent would be enough to bring any person to their knees, especially if the parent and child were especially close as West and his mother were.
To then have to attempt to mourn while millions of people are looking to you as a source of entertainment adds another level of stress and burden.
Without the guidance and companionship of his mother, West has been left to try and live a life constantly under the watchful eye of the public.
When he married reality superstar Kim Kardashian, that pressure only got heavier and pointed more eyes in his direction.
Many people suspect that Kanye West’s latest line of questionable actions has been spurred on by the stress he is feeling divorcing Kim Kardashian.
The Death Of His Mother
Ever since Kanye West was three years old, the only parent he ever had in his life was his mother.
Donda West was a schoolteacher in Chicago, who would later go on to teach in China as well and bring young Kanye West with her.
While his mother was teaching overseas, she was the only person in his life that Kanye even recognized.
When West was only five years old, his mother discovered that he had plenty of creative talent and began supporting his creative endeavors in any way she could.
As they were driving back from a late autumn vacation in Michigan, Kanye West read a poem that he had written to his mother.
The poem discussed all the barren trees that they were passing, which young West described as “the trees are melting black.”
When Kanye West graduated from high school, he accepted a scholarship from Chicago’s American Academy of Art.
West decided to transfer over to Chicago State University to study English because his mother had become a chairman in the English department in the school.
Despite his mother’s wishes, West dropped out of college to focus on his musical career.
Although Donda West didn’t believe it was a good idea at the time, she grew to appreciate the decision when West started to become successful in his chosen field.
Donda West became her son’s manager and went everywhere with him for years.
In November of 2007, she had liposuction, a tummy tuck, and a breast reduction done.
The lengthy surgery went on without a hitch and she returned home that same day.
The next day, she was struggling with a sore throat and tightness in her chest before Donda West collapsed in her home.
By the time she had arrived at the hospital, she had been pronounced dead at 58.
Living With Bipolar Disorder
In 2016, Kanye West was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and has been open about his relationship with the mental health disorder.
It can be incredibly difficult to learn how to manage and cope with bipolar disorder, but Kanye has to learn how to manage it while the whole world is watching him.
According to the American Psychiatric Association, bipolar disorder is a brain disorder that heavily affects a person’s mood, energy level, and ability to function.
Those who have this brain disorder go through periods of intense emotions called mood episodes that can last for days to weeks at a time.
Mood episodes are categorized into two groups: manic or hypomanic and depressive.
People going through manic episodes are known for being overly happy or irritable while people going through depressive episodes are known for being extremely sad.
These mood episodes are usually accompanied by unusual or out-of-character behavioral change and difficulty keeping to a schedule.
Bipolar disorder has been known to disrupt relationships that the sufferer has and can make it difficult to stick to their commitments.
Between 80% and 90% of those who have bipolar disorder have another family member with bipolar disorder because it is normally passed down through genetics.
However, outside causes for bipolar disorder may include substance abuse, sleep disruption, and extreme stress.
When looking at Kanye West’s actions as a group of random people who don’t know him personally, it can be difficult to see where his prideful personality ends and where his manic tendencies begin.
In a tweet after one of West’s public outbursts, Kim Kardashian was quoted saying, “Those who are close with Kanye know his heart and understand that his words sometimes do not align with his intentions.”
There is a lot more to Kanye West that the public sees.
A History Of Public Outbursts
After Kanye West’s mother passed away in 2007, he began to have a string of public outbursts on social media and live television.
Whether he was stuck in a manic episode or just no longer had someone to hold him back from doing crazy things, West didn’t care what kind of spectacle he made.
The year 2009 was a busy one for Kanye West and any news source that was willing to report his antics.
When Taylor Swift went up to accept her award for Best Female Video at the MTV Music Awards, West ran up to the stage to steal the microphone out of Swift’s hands to voice his objection to the results and claimed that Beyoncé deserved the award instead.
In the early 2000s, Kanye West had an entire blog that was devoted to talking about himself at Kanyeuniversecity.com.
On his blog, he questioned why people wouldn’t let him be great and then immediately go on to talk about how great he was while performing for many major events.
When he was two hours late for a music festival and pushed the show’s schedule two hours back, the audience began chanting that he sucked.
Kanye took to his blog to blame the organizers for giving him a show that ended before it got dark for the poor show.
During a live charity event for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, West brought in to discuss the importance of supporting victims alongside Mike Myers.
Instead of following his script, West decided to take this televised opportunity to talk about how the president didn’t care about black people as Mike Myers awkwardly and blankly stared at the screen until producers cut off the cameras.
Kanye West has always been outspoken about what he believes to be right and true.
His Presidential Campaign Rally
The year 2020 was unlike any other and had a new, shocking headline each week.
When rapper and fashion designer Kanye West decided to throw his hat into the presidential ring, many people were flabbergasted.
West started his political campaign in Charleston, South Carolina where he delivered a speech that touched on just about everything, with homelessness, theology, corporate power, and abortion being the most common topics.
Kanye West wore a bulletproof vest on stage when he gave his speech in front of a few hundred people.
He started by asking everyone to be quiet and promised that future event halls would have acoustics because he would design them.
In order to get more women to have children, Kanye West argued that new mothers should receive $1 million to raise their children.
When trying to convince the crowd that he could achieve this goal, he referenced his previous work with Adidas, his faith in God, and racism in the United States.
He finished talking about racism in the United States by claiming that the famous abolitionist Harriet Tubman didn’t free the slaves that she led and instead just led them to work for other white people.
During the speech, Kanye West got especially emotional when began discussing the time that he considered aborting his daughter, North.
He and Kim Kardashian had been arguing about what they wanted to do about her pregnancy, with West not wanting to continue it.
While sitting down in his leather pants in Paris, Kanye West claims that the computer screen he was looking at went black and white.
He then claims that he heard the voice of God tell him “if you f— with my vision, I’m gonna f— with yours”.
West didn’t end up finishing his presidential campaign.
The Messy Divorce From Kim Kardashian
The divorce going on between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West has caused as big a social buzz as when they first got married.
While nobody saw the couple lasting forever, their relationship lasted much longer than the public expected and hasn’t ended the way they may have originally thought it would.
The reason that Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce is that she feels that Kanye West no longer wants to have the same kind of life as she does.
He had become distant and chosen to live in a different state.
When Kardashian had gotten married, she thought that she had found someone who would want to be by her side for the rest of their days.
Instead, she was frequently being left behind for his art and other projects.
Before seeing how the relationship unfolded, most people believed that Kim Kardashian would be the more dramatic, messy, over-the-top person out of the two celebrities.
Instead, it has been Kanye West who has gone off the deep end.
Although Kanye West has been publicly gushing over his new girlfriend Julia Fox, he has publicly gone back and forth on wanting Kim back.
When West had first met Fox, he made a trip to Miami in hopes of running into Kim Kardashian.
When it was clear that West had moved on with other women, Kim Kardashian was spotted with comedian Pete Davidson.
Although Kanye West had begun seeing other people before Kardashian, he claimed that he had never seen the divorce papers.
Ten months after the divorce proceedings started, Kanye West decided to purchase the house across the street from Kardashian.
The rapper claims that he bought the house in order to be able to see his four children and that the media hasn’t understood his true intentions of purchasing the multimillion-dollar home.
Kanye West Versus Pete Davidson
Kanye West has not been happy about Kim Kardashian moving on from their relationship with Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson.
While the rapper’s focus was previously on trying to get Kardashian back, it has now turned to splitting Pete Davidson and Kim Kardashian apart.
Kanye West had already had a problem with the comedian after he appeared on an episode of Saturday Night Live and had his segment cut.
In the next episode, Pete Davidson described the cut footage as one of “the worst, most awkward things I have ever seen here, and I have seen Chevy Chase talk to an intern.”
West claims that Davidson bullied him, but Davidson said that the claims were untrue, and he wishes that he had bullied West to keep him from offending many of their viewers, including Kardashian in particular.
In one of West’s most recent songs that he’s released, he is quoted as saying “God saved me from that crash just so I can beat Pete Davidson’s a–.”
In 2020, West was in a car crash that left him with a broken jaw.
When Davidson heard the song, he found it hilarious and couldn’t believe that his relationship with the rapper’s former wife had garnered him so much attention despite him not really doing anything to deserve it.
Kanye West attempted to claim that he had been barred from seeing the kids because Pete Davidson was visiting.
However, Kardashian was quick to deny this claim, stating that Davidson has yet to meet the children and the couple only sees each other at the hotels where they’ve been spotted.
Now, West is claiming to people in earshot that Pete Davidson has AIDS.
Even those who are close to the rapper are shocked by the serious rumors he’s spreading.
The Release Of Donda 2
A sequel to Kanye West’s creative album Donda has been in the works since the first album’s release.
It was recently announced that Donda 2 is set to be released on February 22nd of 2022.
Those who have worked on the album claim that it has been simplified.
With this album, Kanye West wanted to present songs that could be played at a multitude of celebrations, including everything from birthdays and graduations to funerals and childbirth.
The album is set to include just as many guest stars as before, such as Digital Nas and Travis Scott.
The production team and Kanye West have taken what they’ve learned from their last album and are applying changes to that will hopefully help the music stick with the audience better than Donda.
Although Kanye West may be going through a string of intense emotions, he has devoted himself to his art and music.
Hopefully, West will find more peace in the future and will learn how to manage his mental health struggles.
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