Kanye West har haft en særdeles aktiv uge på Twitter. Først genoplivede han sin beef med Drake over hele 127 Tweets, og nu er rapperen altså i gang igen med en reprimande til Ariana Grande og en lang smøre om sit eget mentale helbred.
Ariana Grande refererede til de to hiphopgiganters twitter-fejde dagen inden, hun udgav sit nye nummer ‘Imagine’: »Folkens, jeg ved godt, at der er voksne mænd, som diskuterer online lige nu, men Miley og jeg dropper vores smukke, nye sange i aften. Så hvis I alle sammen lige kunne tage det roligt i et par timer, så pigerne kan få lov at skinne, ville det være sygt. Tak«.
Det fik West til at svare igen på Twitter: »Jeg ved, at Ariana sagde det her for at være cool, og ikke mente noget med det. Men jeg bryder mig ikke om den mindste indirekte kommentar fra en person, jeg ved, elsker og respekterer mig. Al denne tåbelighed tyngder mit mentale helbred, så Ariana, du ved, jeg elsker dig, men indtil du ved, at alle er okay, så lad være med at bruge mig eller dette øjeblik til at promovere en sang«.
Hvad der startede som et direkte modsvar til Ariana Grande udviklede sig hurtigt til en monolog om hans eget mentale helbred. Her forklarede West blandt andet, at han ikke har været på medicin i seks måneder, da han ikke kan lave »musik på niveau med ‘Watch the Throne’ eller ‘Dark Fantasy’«, når han er på medicin.
Han fortsatte dermed diskursen fra ‘ye’, hvor han promoverede sin mentale lidelse, som hans egen superkræft. »Gud valgte mig til at gå igennem det her offentligt, og det er smukt«, skrev Kanye blandt andet i weekendens Twitter-storm.
Ariana Grande tog siden til genmæle mod Kanye i en række nu slettede Tweets: »Med al respekt, jeg har ikke brug for at udnytte nogen til at promovere noget som helst. Punktum. Jeg lavede en kommentar om, hvad mænd laver for tiden versus kvinder. Det var en joke, som jeg nu forstår var ufølsom. Jeg undskylder, hvis jeg udløste noget, og jeg håber, du har det godt i dag«.
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I know Ariana said this to be cool and didn’t mean no harm but I don’t like even slightest level of slight commentary from someone I know loves and respects me pic.twitter.com/T9VXaIj9MX
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
People will no longer take mental health for a joke
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
Drake verbally attacked Cudi when he was in the hospital and went at me after TMZ because I decided to release albums in June Is snowballed and he refused to meet with me but texted my mother in law and did sneak disses on peoples records that I consider family
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
No one would ever choose to end up in a mental hospital and diagnosed with a mental disorder but god chose me to publicly go through this journey and it is beautiful
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I am able to experience first hand how people who have mental health issues get written off by society. Don’t listen to him cause he’s crazy. He’s washed cause he’s crazy etc…
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I don’t blame people for not knowing how to handle this that said we as a society will learn together
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
People try to ‘handle you when they think you have a mental problem
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I’ve been trying to do a serious interview speaking on mental health but it seems as though all members of press are afraid to speak to someone who has been diagnosed but is still everyone’s favorite super hero
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
People said my career was over after TMZ I need to show the world that we so called crazy people will not be just written off
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
You have to see and feel how happy I am and how strong my family is. We are even stronger because of this through the love and grace of god
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
Perhaps we stop looking at my tweets as rants and start looking at them as therapy testimonials and some even ministry
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
God has given me this voice for a reason
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I cannot be on meds and make watch the throne level or dark fantasy level music
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
You don’t make runaway on medication Even alcohol is and addictive substance called spirits that actually block our earthly connection to our spirit when we drown ourselves in it
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I give up drinking every week
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I have no more handlers Only fear god
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
There was a handler with me at TMZ a so called voice of reason that thank the lord no longer is in my circle
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
Keep squares out yo circle
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I’m loving the new music I’ve been working on. 6 months off meds I can feel me again. Remember when dark fantasy came out I used to tweet a storm also.
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
I love that we are destigmitizing mental health Gucciman and Quavo have a song Bipolar this is so good for culture
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018
We free
— ye (@kanyewest) December 15, 2018