Kanye West shares enormous new interview with Charlemagne Tha God

The interview took place 18 April - just before all of the recent controversies erupted. Watch the full interview now on YouTube.

The wide-ranging chat explores Ye's mental health, his relationship with Jay Z, fame, the attack on his wife in Paris, and the elephant in the room: Trump.

https://t.co/V7ZeBuufOB Charlamagne interview

— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) May 1, 2018

The saga's been rumbling steadily for a while now, and just within this last week Kanye's dropped a total troll song, unveiled a political debate set to music, riled his new MAGA pals with a haircut honouring his "hero" Emma Gonzalez, met with right-wing talking head Candace Owens, forgot about basic history lessons, and been used to sell racist merch. Jan Adams, the surgeon who operated on Kanye's mother Donda before her death, also issued a new open letter.

People have been pretty surprised by his actions, including close friends like John Legend and Chance The Rapper, and even his own wife - Kim Kardashian.

It's been a long few weeks for Kanye fans - there are a million and one things to dive into if you've managed to avoid the whole situation thus far - but it looks like this is just the tip of the iceberg, especially if Trump and his cabal need him for another photo op.