Kanye West has been candid about his mental health battle over the years. In 2016, West, who also goes by the name Ye, was hospitalized after abruptly canceling a concert. Two years later, West revealed he was diagnosed with bipolar type-1 disorder when he dropped his album Ye. "I hate being Bi-Polar, it's awesome," the 2018 album's cover art read. After going public with his diagnosis, West began making headlines for a series of controversial political opinions and, later, for a series of antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ+ statements.