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Kanye West’s Friends Worry About His Mental Health, According to Reports

In this Feb. 9, 2020, file photo, Kanye West arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. On Monday, Oct. 18, 2021, a Los Angeles judge approved the request of the rapper, producer and fashion designer to legally change his name to just Ye, spelled Y-E, with no middle or last name.West was hospitalized because of mental health problems in 2016, and in 2019 came out publicly about his struggle with bipolar disorder. Over the weekend, his Instagram* account was restricted over standards violations, and now he’s at risk of losing a sneaker deal with Adidas.Sources close to the star told Page Six that the rapper’s behavior rang alarm bells beginning last week, when he fired the publicist for his Paris fashion show, scrapping his plans altogether before throwing a new one together at the last minute with the controversial “White Lives Matter” theme.He’s also rekindled his relationship with presidential politics and said he wants to “focus on putting together a platform for a second presidential run in 2024, posting a photo on Twitter of a black baseball hat with the year printed on it.