Kanye West, also known as Ye, tries to redeem his image in Mexico City. The American rapper and producer, embroiled in a long list of controversies for an alleged mental crisis, racist and anti-Semitic comments, his support for Adolf Hitler and his view that African-American slavery was “a choice”, has announced a presentation in Mexico City for January 30, 2026. West’s last visit to the country dates back to 2008, when he performed at the Palacio de los Deportes during his tour It glows in the darkGlows in the dark.)
The artist has been at the forefront of media attention for years. After his mother’s death in 2007, West began to be more erratic than usual. In 2016, businesswoman and reality star Kim Kardashian, his then-wife, was robbed at gunpoint in Paris; This event left both of them quite traumatised, as they stated on various occasions. For West, who was not with Kardashian at the time of the attack, it was the beginning of his mental crisis that led to him ending up hospitalized.
In those years the rapper was diagnosed with type 1 bipolar disorder, characterized by the presence of manic and depressive episodes (there are two types: 1 is the most serious, while 2 is the mildest type of bipolarism). West began taking medications irregularly, which worsened his mental state and led him to say things like that his children weren’t real, that rapper Jay Z wanted to kill him, and that the Jewish community was “coming for him.”
His support and admiration for Donald Trump since his first term has also proven controversial. “I put on the red hat and I feel like Superman,” he said in 2018 in a meeting at the White House with the American president who was questioned for having discriminated against African Americans, Latinos, Muslims and other communities with his motto of Making America Great Again compared to white, Christian and US-born men.
In recent years, West has turned his rhetoric against the Jewish community. On his account In early May 2025 he released a song titled Hey Hitlerwhich glorified the image of the leader of the German National Socialist Party. The song, removed from platforms such as Spotify, Apple Music and Soundcloud, earned West the cancellation of a festival in Slovakia and a ban from entering Australia, the country from which his current partner, Bianca Censori, comes.
This Thursday, November 6, West met with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto in New York to apologize for his anti-Semitic comments. “I feel lucky to be sitting with you, to take responsibility for my actions,” the rapper says. The moment was captured on video and Pinto shared it on his Instagram account. “Thank you for welcoming me with open arms and allowing me to repair the damage caused.” West justified that everything was the fault of his bipolarism and is willing to rebuild the ties that he broke.
