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Kanye West’s concerned inner circle ‘knew he was spiraling’ and ‘headed for a meltdown’ in weeks before shocking rants
'No one can control him,' a source claims of the disgraced rapper
KANYE West's inner circle felt he was "ramping up" at his Grammys after-party and predicted he was soon headed for a meltdown similar to his past manic episodes.
The rapper has deactivated his X account after labeling himself a Nazi, praising Hitler, and spewing hate against the Jewish community in an hours-long anti-Semtitic rant.
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Kanye is also now selling $20 T-shirts on his Yeezy site featuring a swastika logo, which has left many fans outraged and concerned by his hateful behavior.
His wife, Bianca Censori, who has long supported him, has not commented on his recent antics.
Sources tell The U.S. Sun that friends and collaborators are sticking by him, even though they don't agree with his opinions, because they just see it as "Ye being Ye."
One insider said, "His dad checks in with him via phone, and Bianca and his friends are there, but they have seen this so many times they don't take action, they feel it will pass.
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"Ye always does what he wants to do, nobody can control him, and he'll only come off social media when he's ready to stop ranting. He's never cared about the consequences."
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Kanye's team for comment.
But friends did predict another public scandal after he seemed to begin getting over-excited at his post-Grammys party in Los Angeles a week ago.
One pal, who attended the bash, said, "I could see him ramping up at the party," explaining he appeared manic and like he could end up causing controversy again.
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Another told The U.S. Sun, "Friends are worried but they feel there's really nothing they can do and they have to just let it play out."
Bianca Censori wears skintight leggings and high heels as she and Kanye West are seen for first time since Grammys
'GOD-LIKE ATTITUDE'
Kanye seemed happier than ever after being declared a billionaire once again - more than two years after being canceled due to his previous anti-semitic comments.
He made a scene on the red carpet at the Grammys with Bianca in an "invisible dress" and was joined by celebrities including Travis Scott and will.i.am.
Kanye was even seen stopping traffic with his two custom all-chrome Mercedes-Maybach S680s, which he's now allegedly gifted to his rapper pal, The Game.
An insider said, "He was feeling on top of the world and freer than ever after relaunching Yeezy and his Vultures album doing so well.
"He doesn't have to answer to anyone and feels he can now do and say whatever he wants.
"Ye often has a God-like attitude and when he's getting a lot of attention there's always the risk he could spiral. But he insists he feels fine and is just speaking his mind."
Kanye opened up about his mental health on The Download podcast with pal, Justin Laboy, earlier this month.
Despite previously revealing he suffers from bipolar disorder, he now believes he was misdiagnosed because of a recent conversation with his wife.
"I went to this doctor," he explained. "My wife took me to do that because she said, 'Something about your personality doesn't feel like it's bipolar, I've seen bipolar before.'
"And I've come to find that it's really a case of autism that I have," he claimed, explaining that he now understands himself and when he is having an episode.
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"I watch for it beforehand, but other times it was just like, if you get to the point where it goes, you're gonna stay in that position for a while. It might go for three days, four days a week," he explained.
But he insisted, "A lot of what was sending me into the episodes … the constant feeling of not being in control spun me out of control."
"I haven't taken the medication since I found out that bipolar wasn't the right diagnosis," Kanye admitted.
"It's finding stuff that doesn't block the creativity, obviously that's what I bring to the world. It's worth the ramp-up, as long as y'all get the creativity."
Kanye was initially diagnosed with bipolar after he was hospitalized back in 2016 and was open about it, even rapping about the situation on his track Yikes.
He also spoke to David Letterman about his mental health epsiodes, saying, "I wouldn't be able to explain that as much just because, you know, I'm not a doctor.
"I can just tell you what I'm feeling at the time, and I feel a heightened connection with the universe when I'm ramping up.
"It is a health issue. This — it's like a sprained brain, like having a sprained ankle.
"And if someone has a sprained ankle, you're not going to push on him more.
"With us, once our brain gets to a point of spraining, people do everything to make it worse."
'BOYCOTT YEEZY'
Kanye is still said to be finishing his next album, Bully, which is scheduled to be released in June.
But despite yet another public rant, some followers say he has gone "too far" with his comments on this occasion, and even those who run fan sites have started to log off.
One former fan posted on X, "BOYCOTT YEEZY.COM.";
A second added, "Boycott Kanye... I don't wanna call him Ye cuz he ain't deserve that. WE DONT DESERVE THIS KANYE."
The troubled star insisted in one of his last X posts that he does not need an intervention and is thinking clearly and speaking freely.
Kanye has now come off X, with his count being deactivated, but he's still live on Instagram - even though the website has been restricting his posts in recent days.
Showing nobody in his circle is trying to silence him, his longtime manager, John Monopoly, shared a video to Instagram of Kanye on Monday morning.
He captioned the post, "Ye is being shadow banned so he asked me to post this re the Super Bowl."
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In the clip, which shows him in the passenger seat of a car wearing shades, Kanye explained Kendrick Lamar's performance was his favorite halftime set since Michael Jackson.
He then went on a rant about race, claiming, "They use black people against each other, and when they're done with what their agenda is they wanna kick you out."
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