A clip from Kanye West‘s new documentary In Whose Name? is going viral on social media.
In the new clip, the 48-year-old rapper explodes on former mother-in-law Kris Jenner as she begs him to take his medication as they have a tense confrontation over his mental health and treatment.
Keep reading to find out more…The clip is reportedly from 2018 after Kanye visited Donald Trump at the White House and after he had a difficult phone call with then-wife Kim Kardashian, per People.
While wearing a red “Make America Great Again” hat, Kanye yells at Kris, 69, “I would rather be dead, not in jail. I would rather be dead than to be on medication.”
“No one from the family has taken any responsibility for my hospital visit,” Kanye yells. “That’s 50 percent of what people say, at least. Am I lying?”
An emotional Kris tells Kanye that “it doesn’t matter” as she begs him to take his medication before the rapper starts screaming at her. Kris‘ longtime partner Corey Gamble can be heard off-DSLR trying to diffuse the situation.
“I haven’t finished the sentence,” Kris continued through tears. “It matters to us and you. It doesn’t matter what the internet says. It matters what we think, Ye.”
Kanye then storms out of the room before returning and asking, “So, what do you think? Did you have an effect on my mental health?”
He also says that the Kardashian-Jenner family was able get away with making him feel like “a piece of s–t” because he was “medicated.”
Directed by Nico Ballesteros, In Whose Name? was filmed over six years features over 3,000 hours of personal footage and was filmed in cooperation with Kanye. The doc provides and unfiltered look into Kanye‘s mental state at the time. You can series the trailer here.
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