Kanye West never had a problem being candid. The rapper’s willingness to provoke, which often came bundled in a conversation about mental health, catapulted him to the top of pop culture and later, knocked him off the apex.

Antisemitism, misogyny, anti-LGBTQ rhetoric and his constant airing of family dirty laundry have plagued the Grammy winner for nearly a decade, in parallel with his flirtations with MAGA and Christian salvation. What kind of defense does West (aka Ye) deserve? What could his perspective offer now?

“In Whose Name?,” a new documentary featuring a raft of unfiltered footage inside Ye’s never-ending trials, has some clues. More than that, it gives fascinating insight into one of the wildest downfalls in entertainment history.

Here’s what we learned from the project, dir

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