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Kanye West gives a 10-minute monologue in the White House Oval Office during his visit with President Donald Trump and NFL legend Jim Brown.
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Kanye West continues to suffer the effects of his weird week.

Charlamagne host tha God, from the "Breakfast Club", canceled his next TimesTalks with the controversial rapper, saying it would not be "productive". The two men were scheduled to discuss Wednesday in New York the negative stigma of mental health in the black community.

"Normalizing his mental health status is a conversation I really wanted to have with Kanye because he was talking so much about his mental health issues," Charlamagne wrote in a post posted on Instagram on Monday. His message was attached with a flyer stating "CANCELED".

The radio host continued: "Unfortunately, I think that having this conversation with him right now would not be productive and would be a total distraction from the point of view of the convo that is to eradicate the stigma of mental health, especially in the black community. "

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The New York Times, which sponsors the show, reported on the progress of projects on its website: "Charlamagne tha God and Kanye West have canceled their participation in the TimesTalks scheduled for October 17."

The cancellation comes less than a week after West's highly publicized meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office, a spontaneous trip to Uganda and the rapper's return on Twitter with a speech about "control of l & # 39; mind. "

Although Charlamagne did not list the reasons why the TimesTalks "would not be productive," West's mental health status has been questioned by some social media users as a result of its behavior. strange.

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During a strange monologue at the Oval Office last week, Kanye announced that he had been misdiagnosed with bipolar disorder while he was simply deprived of sleep.

He doubled this claim during a just as singular on Twitter SaturdayHe added that he was not crazy as the media describes it: "It's all part of a system to control your mind, to control my mind, to make me feel like I'm crazy about you. I'm not crazy, I can get stronger if I suffer from lack of sleep. "

The black community, including rapper T.I., said the group was "ashamed of having ever been associated with you".

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It would not have been the first time West and Charlamagne talked about mental health. In May, the rapper revealed to Charlamagne that the burglary endured by his wife, Kim Kardashian West, had contributed to the infernal spiral he had suffered in 2016 – resulting in hospitalization – and illuminated his relationship with Jay-Z and his admiration for President Trump.

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