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\n Related: <\/span>Kanye West’s Mental Health Battle In His Own Words: Bipolar Disorder, More<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tKanye West has been candid about his mental health battle over the years. In 2016, West, who also goes by the name Ye, was hospitalized after abruptly canceling a concert. Two years later, West revealed he was diagnosed with bipolar type-1 disorder when he dropped his album Ye. \u201cI hate being Bi-Polar, it\u2019s awesome,\u201d the [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
He concluded, \u201cI just hit a point where I don\u2019t want to be credited on music where I can\u2019t affect the end result.\u201d<\/p>\n
Blake and West, 48, had been friends and collaborators for many years, though their bond seemingly dissipated by 2023.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t seen each other for a little while. I think it\u2019s probably a no-comment from me,\u201d Blake told Variety<\/i><\/span><\/a> in October 2023, seemingly reacting to West\u2019s controversial antisemitic remarks. \u201cI say that with sadness.\u201d<\/p>\nWest was suspended from Instagram in 2022 after making a series of derogatory and false comments about Jews while simultaneously praising dictator Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He issued a public apology in January, two months before \u201cBully\u201d was released<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\u201cIn early 2025, I fell into a four-month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life,\u201d West wrote in an open letter<\/span><\/a> published by the Wall Street Journal<\/i>, blaming his behavior on his bipolar disorder. \u201cOne of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments \u2014 many of which I still cannot recall \u2014 that led to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out-of-body-experience.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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West was suspended from Instagram in 2022 after making a series of derogatory and false comments about Jews while simultaneously praising dictator Adolf Hitler and Nazism. He issued a public apology in January, two months before \u201cBully\u201d was released<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIn early 2025, I fell into a four-month long manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive behavior that destroyed my life,\u201d West wrote in an open letter<\/span><\/a> published by the Wall Street Journal<\/i>, blaming his behavior on his bipolar disorder. \u201cOne of the difficult aspects of having bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments \u2014 many of which I still cannot recall \u2014 that led to poor judgment and reckless behavior that oftentimes feels like an out-of-body-experience.\u201d<\/p>\n You have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\nThank You!<\/h3>\n
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