How ‘Jeen-yuhs’ humanizes Kanye West, even for the haters

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his latest album “Donda,” named after his late mother who passed away in 2007.His new Netflix documentary “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy” — the first episode of which premiered virtually at the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday night — reveals just how much professor Donda West was an inspiration and guiding light to her 44-year-old son.

In fact, for all you Ye haters out there, it makes a touching case as to why he maybe just hasn’t been the same since her death.The first episode of this three-part documentary, which will debut on Netflix Feb.

16, humanizes the hip-hop superstar who has become a butt of jokes — from marrying a Kardashian to rocking his pro-Trump “Make  America Great Again” hat” — to a man who happens to be a genius and no doubt misses his mama hard.“It’s very important to remember that the giant looks in the mirror and sees nothing,” Donda advises her son, who, even before being signed to Roc-A-Fella Records, is filming an MTV “You Hear It First” episode. “You know what I mean?”Kanye nods knowingly.

He gets it. He’s humble. He’s taking it in. You see him embracing the dream that his mother has for him, but she’s keeping him firmly in check.