Netflix Wednesday. The hip-hop star breaks down his mental-health struggles since the 2007 death of his beloved mother Donda West in “Act III: Awakening” — the third episode of the three-part documentary, which will begin streaming on March 2.
And “Jeen-yuhs” arrives amidst the latest wave of troubling signs from West, who revealed that he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder on his 2018 album “Ye.” His recent erratic behavior has included everything from his social-media warring with ex Kim Kardashian to him calling out Billie Eilish — and threatening to pull out of Coachella — for what he perceived to be a swipe against Travis Scott by the “Bad Guy” singer.
There is a disturbing scene in “Act III: Awakening” where West, while in the Dominican Republic working on music, has a rambling conversation with some potential real-estate partners about his mental-health battle.“Have you guys ever been, like, locked up in handcuffs and put into a hospital because your brain was too big for your skull?” he says.
Of course, he’s referencing when he was hospitalized and put under a psychiatric hold during the middle of his Saint Pablo tour in 2016.“It’s not a game,” he continues. “I go to the hospital for this.
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