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Kanye West<\/strong><\/a> allowed a filmmaker to follow him for years for an upcoming documentary, but he did not have a say in the editing process, a source close to the rapper exclusively tells Us Weekly<\/em>.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is an unauthorized film,\u201d the source says of In Whose Name?<\/em>, which is slated to hit theaters on September 19. \u201cThe footage we have seen so far we believe was collected in the proper way. But neither Ye nor [his company] Yeezy has seen, authorized or approved the final product.\u201d<\/p>\n In response, a rep for director Nico Ballesteros<\/strong> tells\u00a0Us<\/em>, \u201cNico Ballesteros had access to Ye during the making of In Whose Name?<\/em>, allowing him to document moments that became integral to the film\u2019s narrative. While Ye is a central figure in the story, he did not have approval rights over any of the film\u2019s content or editorial decisions, ensuring it remains an independent creative work.\u201d<\/p>\n Starting at the age of 18, Ballesteros was given unprecedented access to West \u2014 who legally changed his name to Ye<\/a> in 2021 \u2014 at a critical time in the Grammy winner\u2019s life. Over the course of six years, the amateur documentarian shot thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage chronicling West\u2019s divorce from Kim Kardashian<\/strong><\/a>, mental health struggles and antisemitic rants<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ballesteros released the first trailer<\/a> on Wednesday, August 13, which begins with West, 48, declaring in a voice-over, \u201cI\u2019m off my meds for five months now.\u201d Kardashian, 44, then cries out, \u201cYour personality was not like this a few years ago!\u201d (The former couple were married<\/a> from 2014 to 2022 and share four children<\/a>: North, 12, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 6.)<\/p>\n The minute-long trailer also features clips of West\u2019s Sunday Service choir, his unsuccessful presidential campaigns<\/a> and his bombshell 2020 claim that he and Kardashian had considered an abortion<\/a> during her pregnancy with North.<\/p>\n