Kanye West ‘came off his bipolar medication to finish his album’ before Twitter rant, say friends
KANYE West “came off his bipolar medication to finish his upcoming album” says a friend of the troubled rapper. Insiders claim Kanye “doesn’t feel creative enough” when he’s using mental health medication, and needed to “finish his ‘genius’ album” without it. “Kanye came off his bipolar meds to finish the album shortly before his outburst […]
KANYE West “came off his bipolar medication to finish his upcoming album” says a friend of the troubled rapper.
Insiders claim Kanye “doesn’t feel creative enough” when he’s using mental health medication, and needed to “finish his ‘genius’ album” without it.
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“Kanye came off his bipolar meds to finish the album shortly before his outburst at the rally and on Twitter – he believes they stifle his creativity,” says the source.
“He didn’t think the album was good enough and given the deadline he’d set was coming up, he thought he’d do his best work when he was unmedicated. He says the album will be ‘genius’.”
Kanye – who is running for US President – promised fans his 10th studio album, named DONDA (or, in some of his Tweets, ‘Donda: With Child) after his late mother, would be out 24 July.
But just days after Kanye – who wife Kim says is suffering from a bipolar episode – announced it, the date came and went without any new music, leaving fans disappointed.
Kanye’s representative denied he stopped taking his medication to make the album.
He’s already released lead single Wash Us In The Blood – and has previously hinted at medication ruining his creative process in a Twitter rant.
In 2018, as he worked on album Ye, he referenced previous hit albums Watch The Throne (with Jay Z) and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, saying: “I cannot be on meds and make watch the throne level or dark fantasy level music.”
He added: “You don’t make [hit single] Runaway on medication. Even alcohol is an addictive substance called spirits that actually block our earthly connection to our spirit when we drown ourselves in it.” [sic]
Kanye is currently holed up at his £24m ranch in Cody, Wyoming, working on the album which is rumoured to feature Mars Volta and rapper Pusha T.
He was spotted in a tearful conversation with wife Kim Kardashian yesterday – as insiders reveal that Kim told Kanye not to return to their family home in LA until he felt calmer.
Kanye previously apologised to Kim for a Twitter rant in which he claimed he was trying to divorce her after she met rival rapper Meek Mill “in a hotel”.
What is bipolar disorder?
Bipolar disorder is a severe mental health illness characterised by extreme mood swings of manic highs and depressive lows.
The disorder is a medical condition that can affect moods, and typically can make them swing from one extreme emotion to another.
It is categorised by episodes of extreme highs, mania, or extreme lows, depression.
If mood swings last a long time, but aren’t severe enough to be classed as bipolar disorder, some people are diagnosed with having cyclothymia (a mild form of bipolar disorder).
It is thought about 29million people worldwide suffer from bipolar disorder.
Symptoms include:
- Depression – feeling very low and lethargic
- Mania – feeling very high and overactive
- Extreme episodes can last for several weeks or even longer.
During a manic phase of bipolar disorder, a person may:
- Feel very happy
- Have lots of energy, ambitious plans and ideas
- Spend large amounts of money on things you cannot afford and would not normally want
- Not feel like eating or sleeping
- Talk quickly
- Become annoyed easily
- They may feel very creative and view the manic phase of bipolar as a positive experience.
- But they may also experience symptoms of psychosis, where they see or hear things that are not there or become convinced of things that are not true.
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He also claimed she was trying to fly to Wyoming with a doctor to ‘lock him up’ and called her mother Kris Jenner a “white supremacist” and “Kris Jong Un”.
Kim responded with an emotional statement calling Kanye a “brilliant but complicated person”, adding that “on top of the pressures of being an artist and a black man, who experienced the painful loss of his mother, and has to deal with the pressure and isolation that is heightened by his bi-polar disorder.
Those who are close with Kanye know his heart and understand his words sometimes do not align with his intentions.”