The film, from 18-year-old filmmaker Nico Ballesteros, features exclusive, never-before-seen footage of West \u2014 now known as Ye \u2014 captured by Ballesteros across six years.<\/p>\n
The documentary\u2019s first trailer, released Wednesday, opens with the rapper declaring in a voiceover: \u201cI\u2019m off my meds for five months now.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYour personality was not like this a few years ago,\u201d West\u2019s ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, responds, audibly distressed. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a calling by the universe,\u201d the \u201cFlashing Lights\u201d artist\u2019s voice continues over a montage of him in an open flatland and riding in a car next to his and Kardashian\u2019s eldest daughter, North. \u201cNever tell me one day I\u2019m gonna wake up with nothing,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n
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The New Kanye West documentary, ‘In Whose Name?’ features exclusive and intimate clips depicting the controversial rapper’s personal and public downfall. (In Whose Name\/YouTube)<\/p>\n
An additional sequence of clips follows, showing West hosting one of his infamous Sunday Service events, visiting a prison, holding up a homemade \u201cYe4President\u201d poster, and telling a crowd at a 2020 rally that he \u201calmost\u201d had his daughter aborted<\/a>. <\/p>\n \u201cI would rather be dead than be on medication\u2026\u201d he vows. \u201cEither they destroy me or I destroy it.. I\u2019m almost like a masochist\u2026 I write whatever I want when I want! It\u2019s words!\u201d<\/p>\n The teaser concludes with West noting that \u201cthe best thing about being an artist and bipolar\u201d is \u201canything you do and say is an art piece.\u201d<\/p>\n open image in gallery<\/p>\n ‘In Whose Name?’ will be released in select theaters September 19 (In Whose Name\/YouTube)<\/p>\n West \u2014\u00a0who in recent years has suffered a public downfall over shocking antisemitic and racist social media rants<\/a> \u2014 first spoke about his \u201cmental condition\u201d when promoting his 2018 album Ye. In the song \u201cYikes,\u201d he described his bipolar disorder as a \u201csuperpower.\u201d<\/p>\n He has since insisted that the previous bipolar diagnosis was inaccurate and that his erratic behavior is due to autism<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"'In](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1755161110_737_Kanye-West.png\")
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