Kanye West's mother dies after 'cosmetic procedure'
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Donda West, the 58-year-old mother of rapper Kanye, died on Saturday evening in Los Angeles.
Understandably, there has been no word yet from Kanye on his mother’s passing, which her publicist told CNN followed a “cosmetic procedure”.
The bond between mother and son was strong, it seemed; the pair appearing together often in public at industry bashes and live shows.
A respected academic who held a prominent position within Chicago State University’s English department, Donda West recently inked Raising Kanye: Life Lessons from the Mother of a Hip-Hop Star in which she compared her son to, among others, Jesus Christ and Mahatma Gandhi.
A representative at Island Def Jam, West’s label, has passed on the message that "the family respectfully asks for privacy during this time of grief."
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from botched plastic surgery then? Christ...
Proof again...
That God doesn't exist... or at least is malevolent
...
Because He killed someone's mum? What drug or cocktail of drugs are you on?
Cor
Totally savage.
That's just horrible
I hope nobody jokes about this, it's really bad.
Well all surgery has some sort of risk attached to it,
It would be interesting to find out how common it actually is.
no disrespect or anything
but why should we care?
I care.
Kanye West made his mother a central part of his music and obviously his life story. Now she's gone he must be devestated. I feel really sad for him.
On a more 'music news' twist - which is slightly unseemly I feel - he probably will either stop making music for a while or make some whole album about this.
because every Kanye West song
for the rest of forever will be about this. So it's relevant... if you care about Kanye West.
hmmm
My girlfriend's met her!
(she sold her some shoes, that is my girl sold Kanye's mom some shoes, no the other way around) She said she was nice. Now she's dead. Oh lord! Maybe Kanye will make a good album next, like his first one. One can help.
it's
the deadly cocktail of free will and determinism. mmmmm, tasty.
poor guy
i mean, i dislike Kanye as much as the next working-eared gentleman. But this is pretty fucked up
shit happens
all for vanity...
fuck Kanye West
fuck him and his arrogant bullshit.
someone should fucking shoot him
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