Kanye’s Sad, Shocking Descent Came After His Mother Died,” Says Former Collaborator John Legend

https://deadline.com/2025/05/kanye-west-antisemitism-sad-shocking-john-legend-1236392390/

40 comments

  1. Well, it sounds like Kanye is the real victim here, then.

  2. No, his descent came when he began to ignore and stop addressing his well documented mental health issues.

    The death of his mother may be a precipitating factor as to why he chose to do so, but lets not undermine the fact that mental health is s very real problem in this country and people need to address it accordingly.

  3. Everyone knew that but being unmedicated definitely isnt helping

  4. A lot of moms die every day, not an excuse for his behavior.

  5. His mother died in 2007. Ridiculous excuse.

    Everyone’s mother will die at some point, how does that make someone become a Nazi?

  6. Was she the only person who could convince him to take medication and listen to medical advice?

  7. He dropped a new track the other day, I saw the title and immediately worried that I’d committed a hate crime. I’m not even kidding.

  9. Why do media keep trying to connect kayne mom’s death to his behavior? That excuse has been implied far too long and for many years. Let that woman RIP. 

  10. Besides losing his mother, I have zero sympathy for this guy. He’s always been an insufferable megalomaniacal narcissist, it’s just people stopped treating him like the Second Coming, and that is the one thing he can’t handle.

  11. I know so many people who have lost so much and still didn’t become nazis idk maybe he’s just a shitstain

  12. Guys give kanye west a break his mom died 20 years ago

  13. My mom died a few years ago too, I didn’t turn into a fucking nazi.

    (Edit: Whole lotta people in here defending becoming a nazi…)

  14. I don’t think its appropriate for John Legend to comment on anyone’s mental health but his own. He’s not a doctor, nor his doctor. Why even ask him? Rubbish.

  15. I feel like people keep trying to use his mother’s death as an excuse for his behavior. I’m not trying to be heartless here because I understand that the death of a parent is traumatic. However, Kayne is a grown man. He could have gotten help and dealt with his grief properly. There is no excuse for how he’s acting

  16. Oh please. It’s been over 20 years. Plenty of people deal with the death of a parent without becoming an unhinged, hateful Nazi.

  17. Everyone’s mothers die eventually. Not everyone chooses to go full nazi afterwards, though. That is a choice, along with whether long-standing mental health issues get addressed or not.

  19. I think a lot of people are missing the point

    Kanye’s descent BEGAN when his mother died. It broke something in him that led a deep dark path to where he is today.

    Also while I would never defend him, bipolar disorder is absolute hell and has led many people to destroying their lives completely so i can’t disregard his clearly untreated mental illness

  20. Sick of this narrative. He has resources, can seek elite help. But he’s a marketer. Saw opportunity in riding the white MAGA tide

  21. People keep trying to use this excuse but his mom died almost 20 years ago. I’m not gonna say he was normal before but he definitely wasn’t this.

  22. Nah. She’s been dead for nearly 20 years. Literally everyone loses their parents and the majority do not become nazis

  23. I dont even think he would like his mom anymore because she’s black.

  24. I was pretty crushed when my mom died. I didn’t turn around and start selling swastika shirts.

  30. Everybody’s mom dies, they don’t become Nazis. Fuck him.

  31. My mom died I didn’t go crazy. My dad died I didn’t go crazy. My family & frirnds ain’t leaching & turning w blind eye.

  33. My mom died when I was in HS, and I didn’t become a nazi piece of shit. Ridiculous excuse

  34. Ok but what should I do with this information?

    If he can’t fix himself, I don’t want to keep hearing news about him. He’s a bigot.

  35. My father died and I did not become a nazi. Shitty things happening to you doesn’t give you the right to be shitty!

  36. Nope, his fascism goes all the way back to 2003. Stop blaming the mother for his terrible personality.

  40. Well, that’s what happens when you keep calling someone who’s very clearly in a mental health crisis a “genius”. Instead of getting him help.

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