Kanye West’s grief
OK, y’all might think I’ve gone ’round the bend with this one, and, I usually don’t link to Perez Hilton here (celebrity gossip site), but, this account (link has some extraneous images not safe for work, or, kids. No, seriously, I warned you) of his first concert appearance since her death just struck me for some reason:
The night was very emotional for Kanye. During the end of his set, with the riff of Hey Mama beginning, West attempted to introduce the tribute, saying “this song is for my mother….” and could get no further.
Too choked up, Kanye had started crying.
“He just cracked,” one attendee tells People, “He was at the end of his concert and had just started to dedicate the song and then he just lost it completely.
Adds another attendee, “A back-up singer, the DJ and a guitar player came over to console him. It looked like he might collapse. He just couldn’t continue. He just stood there in a spotlight, crying while the band continued playing.”
The audience, showing their love and support for the rapper, reacted by offering calls of encouragement, which grew into applause.
Overcome by emotion, Kanye left the stage for about 15 minutes and returned to conclude the concert with a rousing performance of Stronger..
There’s a video of it on YouTube, and, I just want to reach out to him, myself, it’s just so sad.
If you’re just tuning in, he’s a rapper who was very close to his mother, herself an accomplished educator, who recently died after having surgery.
When someone dies, people always remark, and, I experienced it, too, that you just never know when “it” (the grief) is going to hit you. I couldn’t imagine having a job in the public eye, and, having it hit me there.
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3 opinions for Kanye West’s grief
Cathy
Nov 18, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Another blogger asked about this today. http://thecentrist.typepad.com/adventures/2007/11/little-things-t.html
flybunny
Nov 19, 2007 at 9:56 am
I had an overwhelming grief moment this weekend when I realized I would have to buy hot rolls for Thanksgiving. My Mom ALWAYS made the hot rolls, they were her specialty and in the middle of the bakery at the grocery store, I had tears rolling down my face.
newscoma
Nov 20, 2007 at 2:08 pm
No, you don’t know when the grief is going to hit you. It him me about two weeks after my mother died and I just lost it. I was sitting in my bedroom and everything sort of just fell apart.
I had reached for the phone to call her out of habit, and realized that this was something that was part of the past, because she would not be on the other end of the line if I called.
Devastating. I feel a great deal of empathy and sympathy for Kanye West in this loss.
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