Kanye in Crisis
Kanye West knows what you’re thinking and he’s said it before- “Name one genius that ain’t crazy.” The astronomically inflated ego of Kanye West has been apparent for years now. Perhaps the truest expression of his narcissism came on his sixth studio album, Yeezus , in which he not only titled himself “Yeezus” (a play on Kanye and Jesus), but also put down tracks such as the eponymous “I Am a God.” It became quite clear that Kanye saw himself as a transcendental figure of not only the music industry, but of the modern age itself. Three years later, he released the highly anticipated album The Life of Pablo , in which he compared himself to three different iconic Pablos- Pablo Picasso, Pablo Escobar, and Paul the Apostle. During the Saint Pablo Tour, Kanye famously had a breakdown and was hospitalized. His psychotic break was credited as being triggered by his wife Kim Kardashian’s recent robbery in Paris, as well as dehydration and sleep deprivation. Ye disappeared from the pub