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KANYE’S BIPOLAR BATTLE

ACHAOTIC election rally, manic tweets, bizarre claims, paranoia – even by Kanye West’s standards, this meltdown has been quite spectacular.

Stunned onlookers have been scratching their heads to make sense of it all. Were his outrageous outpourings a cunning ploy to secure his place in the upcoming US presidential poll? A publicity stunt to promote his new album? Or simply a man having a mental health crisis while the world watched?

It could, of course, be all of the above – but the latter definitely ticks the “yes” box.

The 43-year-old rapper has spoken out about his struggle with bipolar disorder before and wife Kim Kardashian “knows he’s sick”, a friend says.

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