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Kanye West announces he has been diagnosed with autism

Rapper and fashion designer says he was misdiagnosed as bipolar in podcast appearance where he also opines on the Drake-Kendrick beef and new album Bully

West himself referred to his diagnosed bipolar disorder in numerous tracks, while the cover of his 2018 album ye features the jokey words: “I hate being Bi-Polar it’s awesome”. The second time was All Day – Paul McCartney wrote that melody [on his Wings song When the Wind Is Blowing].” West then repeated the chant motif on Carnival, his Vultures I single which topped the US chart in March 2024, making him the only rapper to have a US No 1 in three separate decades. West himself framed it as a collaboration, writing on X: “We tailored that invisible dress 6 times and just like magic poof we disappeared”, and cited her “rightful strength”.

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