KANYE West is easily one of the most controversial musicians of his generation - but there was one person who truly understood him.
That was his late mother Donda, who raised the rapper single-handedly and had unquestionable belief in his talent even when others wrote him off as just a producer.
Tragedy struck in 2007, three years after Kanye’s breakthrough album The College Dropout, when she died of a heart attack after having liposuction, breast reduction and a tummy tuck.
It’s claimed the 58-year-old went under the knife to deal with the pressures of being in the public eye and the scrutiny her son was facing.
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