Ye takes out an advert in The Wall Avenue Journal to apologize for his anti-Semitic actions and desires “to earn your forgiveness.”

On Monday (Jan. 26) the rapper posted an apology “To These I’ve Damage” within the newspaper. Within the open letter he paid for, Ye particulars his 2002 automobile accident, wherein he was left with a damaged jaw. He says the accident on the time left him with a frontal-lobe harm that wasn’t correctly recognized till 2023, and in the end broken his psychological well being and led to his bipolar type-1 analysis.

Ye admits he “misplaced contact with actuality” through the years. In 2022, he made a slew of Anti-Semitic statements and promoted offensive imagery whereas additionally promoting it. Now, West insists he “did issues I deeply remorse.” He additionally apologizes to the Black group.

“In that fractured state, I gravitated towards probably the most harmful image I may discover, the swastika, and even bought T-shirts bearing it. One of many troublesome elements of getting bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments – lots of which I nonetheless can not recall – that led to poor judgment and reckless conduct that oftentimes seems like an out-of-body-experience. I remorse and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am dedicated to accountability, remedy, and significant change. It doesn’t excuse what I did although. I’m not a N*zi or an antisemite. I really like Jewish individuals.

To the black group – which held me down by means of all the highs and lows and the darkest of instances. The black group is, unquestionably, the muse of who I’m. I’m so sorry to have allow you to down. I really like us.”

Ye’s apology arrives the week his new album, Bully, is about to be launched on Jan. 30.

See the complete letter right here:

To These I’ve Damage
By Ye
Previously often known as Kanye West

Twenty-five years in the past, I used to be in a automobile accident that broke my jaw and induced harm to the appropriate frontal lobe of my mind. On the time, the main focus was on the seen injury—the fracture, the swelling, and the quick bodily trauma. The deeper harm, the one inside my cranium, went unnoticed.

Complete scans weren’t performed, neurological exams had been restricted, and the opportunity of a frontal-lobe harm was by no means raised. It wasn’t correctly recognized till 2023. That medical oversight induced severe injury to my psychological well being and led to my bipolar type-1 analysis.

Bipolar dysfunction comes with its personal protection system. Denial. While you’re manic, you don’t assume you’re sick. You assume everybody else is overreacting. You’re feeling such as you’re seeing the world extra clearly than ever, when in actuality you’re dropping your grip solely.

As soon as individuals label you as “loopy,” you are feeling as if you happen to can not contribute something significant to the world. It’s simple for individuals to joke and chortle it off when in reality it is a very severe debilitating illness you possibly can die from. In line with the World Well being Group and Cambridge College, individuals with bipolar dysfunction have a life expectancy that’s shortened by ten to fifteen years on common, and a 2x-3x larger all-cause mortality fee than the overall inhabitants. That is on par with extreme coronary heart illness, sort 1 diabetes, HIV, and most cancers – all deadly and deadly if left untreated.

The scariest factor about this dysfunction is how persuasive it’s when it tells you: You don’t need assistance. It makes you blind, however satisfied you’ve gotten perception. You’re feeling highly effective, sure, unstoppable.

I misplaced contact with actuality. Issues acquired worse the longer I ignored the issue. I mentioned and did issues I deeply remorse. Among the individuals I really like probably the most, I handled the worst. You endured worry, confusion, humiliation, and the exhaustion of making an attempt to have somebody who was, at instances, unrecognizable. Trying again, I grew to become indifferent from my true self.

In that fractured state, I gravitated towards probably the most harmful image I may discover, the swastika, and even bought T-shirts bearing it. One of many troublesome elements of getting bipolar type-1 are the disconnected moments – lots of which I nonetheless can not recall – that led to poor judgment and reckless conduct that oftentimes seems like an out-of-body-experience. I remorse and am deeply mortified by my actions in that state, and am dedicated to accountability, remedy, and significant change. It doesn’t excuse what I did although. I’m not a N*zi or an antisemite. I really like Jewish individuals.

To the black group – which held me down by means of all the highs and lows and the darkest of instances. The black group is, unquestionably, the muse of who I’m. I’m so sorry to have allow you to down. I really like us.

In early 2025, I fell right into a four-month lengthy manic episode of psychotic, paranoid and impulsive conduct that destroyed my life. Because the state of affairs grew to become more and more unsustainable, there have been instances I didn’t need to be right here anymore.

Having bipolar dysfunction isn’t a state of fixed psychological sickness. While you go right into a manic episode, you might be ailing at that time. If you find yourself not in an episode, you might be fully ‘regular’. And that’s when the wreckage from the sickness hits the toughest. Hitting all-time low just a few months in the past, my spouse inspired me to lastly get assist.

I’ve discovered consolation in Reddit boards of all locations. Totally different individuals communicate of being in manic or depressive episodes of an analogous nature. I learn their tales and realized that I used to be not alone. It’s not simply me who ruins their total life every year regardless of taking meds each day and being advised by the so-called finest medical doctors on the planet that I’m not bipolar, however merely experiencing “signs of autism.”

My phrases as a pacesetter in my group have international affect and affect. In my mania, I misplaced full sight of that.

As I discover my new baseline and new heart by means of an efficient regime of remedy, remedy, train, and clear dwelling, I’ve newfound, much-needed readability. I’m pouring my vitality into constructive, significant artwork: music, clothes, design, and different new concepts to assist the world.
I’m not asking for sympathy, or a free move, although I aspire to earn your forgiveness. I write right this moment merely to ask in your persistence and understanding as I discover my means dwelling.

With love,

Ye