Kanye West is the center of attention with his first speech after announcing his candidacy for US president. And by the way, Kim Kardashian’s husband’s past has once again been “unearthed” to attract netizens’ attention.
Horrible accident that nearly killed me
One of the first tragedies that happened to Kanye West was a terrible accident in 2002, which almost took the singer’s life.
It was a promising time in Kanye West’s career in New York when the co-founder of the famous local music label Roc-A-Fella – Mr. Damon Dash wanted to sign a contract with him. However, Kanye almost lost everything on the fateful October 23, 2002.
That night, after completing work at the studio in California, USA, Kanye drove his own car back to the hotel . After the work shift, the male rapper drove while drowsy. As a result, he crashed straight into another car. The owner of the car that Kanye hit suffered a broken leg, while he also suffered a broken jaw and broken nose.
When the police arrived, the “Stronger” singer was not immediately taken to the hospital. Instead, he had to undergo several alcohol tests to determine the responsibility of the parties in the accident. “I sat in the car after the accident and they kept asking me. I tried to tell them I was in a lot of pain and I wanted to go to the hospital,” West told MTV.
Currently, looking back, the 43-year-old rapper once shared that 2002 was an unforgettable time in his life. He said it was the most painful disaster he had ever experienced in more than 40 years of his life.
Haunted after the death of his biological mother
Kanye West’s biological mother, Donda, passed away in November 2007. According to investigation results, the cause of death was a heart attack. However, the male rapper has never accepted this conclusion, although he said he still tries to forgive those involved in her death.
It wasn’t until he became famous that Kanye revealed that he once let his mother have plastic surgery according to her wishes. However, she passed away after the surgery. At that time, Dr. Jan Adams – the person who performed the surgery was unjustly accused of being responsible for Ms. Donda’s death.
Many years later, the male rapper is still extremely haunted by his mother’s passing and includes it in his songs. He also blamed the surgeon last year. In a Twitter post in April 2018, he shared a picture of that plastic surgeon. In a screenshot of a conversation with a person named Wes, Kanye wrote: “This is my new album cover. And this is the doctor named Jan Adams, who performed my mother’s final surgery. Do you have any idea for a title? I want to forgive and stop hating.”
Completely collapsed in public
In 2016, Kanye became completely depressed because the guilt over his mother’s death still haunted him. Even though it wasn’t his fault, Kanye always blamed himself because he thought that if he hadn’t moved to Los Angeles, his mother wouldn’t have died. “If she hadn’t gone to Los Angeles, she would probably still be alive. I don’t want to sink too deep into this pain because it will make me cry,” he shared 8 years after his biological mother’s death.
In November of the same year, just 12 days after Ms. Donda’s death anniversary, the singer born in 1977 was hospitalized and had a health check-up. He was taken to the hospital by ambulance and had to cancel his Saint Pablo tour at that time.
Afterwards, Dr. Jan Adams – who was unjustly accused of Ms. Donda’s death – spoke up to encourage Kanye. Responding to the Daily Mail, he said: “If 9 years later Kanye still cannot overcome this pain and still blames himself, then someone needs to stand up and tell him: ‘Fight. “Boy, it’s not your fault. We have to move on. We may feel sad and miss her, but you won’t be able to recover if you don’t face the truth.”
In debt, I had to ask Facebook’s boss for help but was ignored
In 2015, Kanye revealed that he was in debt of 16 million USD because his Yeezy fashion company was losing money. A year later, that number had jumped to 53 million USD
At that time, Kanye was almost on the same track. He even decided to ask for help from Facebook tycoon Mark Zuckerberg to invest 1 billion USD in his “big idea”. However, the founder and owner of Facebook did not pay attention to this call for help.
After a period of failure, Kanye West’s business finally prospered again and Yeezy became his greatest asset, helping him make a fortune and become a billionaire. Kanye’s accountant – David Choi once released an unverified asset inventory, which revealed that the male singer born in 1977 had assets worth 3.15 billion USD and a series of assets. Other assets have a total value of up to 200 million USD . These assets include 4 homes in California (2 in Hidden Hills, 1 in Thousand Oaks and 1 in Calabasas), real estate in Wyoming and Chicago.
Suffering from bipolar disorder
Kanye was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2018. This is a disease in which the patient’s mood changes negatively and these episodes often last for days or weeks. 1 in 100 people
suffer from this disease and symptoms usually begin to appear between the ages of 15 and 19 in adolescents.
Just like Kanye West, female singer Demi Lovato also publicly announced that she has bipolar disorder. However, the charity Young Minds said that when suffering from bipolar disorder, if treated properly, the patient can still continue life normally.
Immediately after being diagnosed, manifestations of this disease in Kanye frequently appeared through the male singer’s music and interviews, attracting public attention. In May 2019, Kanye West appeared on a show called “My Next Guest Needs No Introduction”.
During the interview, host David Letterman asked the male rapper: “Do you know which mechanism in your brain is malfunctioning or stopping working?”.
Kanye said: “I can’t explain much because as you know, I’m not a doctor. I can only share with you how I feel at a certain time. I feel like I There is a close connection with the universe when having a seizure. It is a health problem.”
It’s like having a brain sprain and it’s no different from a sprained ankle. When someone sprains his ankle, you shouldn’t push him to do anything else. For us, when the brain reaches that point, every action of those around us will make things worse,” he continued.
At the time of participating in the program, Kanye was undergoing treatment from a doctor. He has been given many different treatments, but he believes that medication only works for people with other bipolar disorder.
A close nephew passed away when he was just 1 year old
In 2017, Kanye West once again suffered grief when his cousin Ricky Anderson’s child passed away when he was just 1 year old. The baby’s birthday was just celebrated a few days ago. According to the report results, the baby died without showing any previous signs of illness or disease.
Kanye and Ricky are close brothers and Ricky works at the 43-year-old male rapper’s record label GOOD Music in Los Angeles, USA. Therefore, when his nephew passed away suddenly, he and his family were unable to grieve.