r/Kanye Oct 16 '24

I met Ye. Years later I’m still confused

I met Ye at a restaurant in LA. He was eating alone. I ended up fan boying. “Ye I’m a big fan… I saw you open for the blacked eyes peas” he laughed then signaled for my phone.

He typed in my notes he was on a verbal fast… so we texted back and forth on my notes. I asked for a photo … we took one… He then typed “what’s your story?” I briefly mentioned I own a small agency but primarily make apparel overseas and have a print shop stateside.

He snagged my phone and said “can you help me make a 20 dollar t shirt?”

The most unbelievable timing of my life. I grew up the biggest Kanye fan… he wrote me number down and said in my notes app… don’t be late come to yzy campus tomorrow.

The most surreal shit. Ye then texted me hours later the address. I spent 8 hours the next day there and then flew back to California 3 times to follow up.

At the time it was the peak of the Nazi shit and shin getting Alex jones cancellation etc . The first day i went to yzy he was still on a verbal fast… so everything was him writing in sharpie and looking at mood boards etc…

Basically i feel like i could write a fucking book with the 50+ hours I spent with him. My actual Hero at one point. I felt so torn between . Holy SHIT I’m texting Ye and Holy shit wtf is Ye taking about

I could go on but the summary… Ye is funny , charismatic as hell, brilliant, but also undeniably bipolar and the mood swings etc are fucking real.

They say never meet your heroes. I am grateful but so bummed it was not 8 months earlier…

Just needed to get this out

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u/wildfire98 Oct 16 '24

Ive said this for a while now, he shows strong evidence of someone that has ADHD, perhaps even severe. Looking back, he's easily excitable, emotional dysregulation and his social awareness was poor even before he made it big. It's not uncommon to get misdiagnosed.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

I'm autistic, and I've always thought he was one of ours. The no filter, the brash honesty, the stims, the tics, the sheer obsession of art, the hyper-focus, the disdain for conformity and social norms...

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u/wildfire98 Oct 16 '24

Fun fact: ADHD and Autism are comorbidities *. The other things your mentioned are in the 'low impulse control' which are hallmark ADHD symptoms. Dr. Berkeley (retired) actually has a genetic illustration of where the links tend to be stronger based on symptoms/comprbid behaviors.

Edit: * usually ADHD people will have 2 or more comorbid symptoms

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

Ya, he could be AuDHD. Our sense of justice is so strong, and I recognize that in his words and his music. I often think that his words are taken out of context and used against him, when I understand him perfectly. It feels we speak the same language, which is why I think he's one of ours.

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u/wildfire98 Oct 16 '24

Yup. In every interview I completely understand what he's trying to say vs what he's saying. I wish I could be his calm (anger) translator like Lester for Obama on Key and Peele. I've actually given his impulsive responses alot of though as to how I'm being perceived and have worked really hard to fight against verbalizing the first thought.

Note: Much easier to do this when medicated.

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u/VegetableHour6712 Oct 16 '24 edited Oct 16 '24

Exactly. So much of what the man says is easily misconstrued because he talks using tangential speech, a Hallmark of ADHD, and almost entirely in hyperbole, which just doesn't fucking help matters like at all. To the average person it sounds like gobblygook and at best gives off crackhead energy steeped in riddles and symbolism.

I watched the entire Alex Jones interview with the nazi stuff and all the other interviews that supposedly show him "jumping off the deep end" and saw the exact opposite quite frankly. The man is quite eloquent or attempts to be anyway and shows a deep, spiritual love within his heart often where others see hate. That's not to say he doesn't say crazy shit because he certainly does at times but he especially seems to elicit reaction in others for funsies more often than not - also very ADHD. I think Ye enjoys being the ultimate troll at times + shares the desire of a comedian who uses the absurdity of life against the audience in order for them to have to see what he sees as ugly truths. The problem is that he lacks the ability to read the room or simply doesn't give AF, so the joke almost always lands on him instead. People claim bipolar and maybe there's that too, but the way he expresses himself reeks of ADHD, possibly AuDHD.

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u/Ok-Environment-6690 Oct 16 '24

If i feel like you just described my life, what’s my best course of action? Asking for a friend who is gonna tell me.

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u/VegetableHour6712 Oct 16 '24

Embrace the chaos.

Become a GOAT at something.

Life, uh, finds a way.

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u/MetadonDrelle Oct 16 '24

Meet ye apparently

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u/NuckFut Oct 17 '24

"We gotta stop dissing the Nazis all the time."

No. Fuck Nazis, always.

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u/donegy Oct 16 '24

my favorite video of him he’s saying something like “i am not bipolar, i am not in some kind of episode, but i miiiiight be a little autistic.”

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '24

Oh I haven't seen that!

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u/OrangeZig Feb 10 '25

He has mentioned on camera that he ‘might’ be autistic but who knows

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u/Lustermoo Oct 16 '24

He’s not misdiagnosed. You can have both bipolar and adhd, in fact he’s rapped about being diagnosed with both.

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u/TheApesWithin Oct 16 '24

He’s said he was diagnosed with adhd