Kanye West Shares An Emotional Story About His Late Mother

Kanye West recently sat down with David Letterman for an interview where he shared a touching memory of his late mother, Donda, who died of complications from a surgical procedure in 2007.

“This would have been the funnest time of her life, to have those kids running around that house, and being able to buy them toys,” he shared in a preview.

“I remember my mother bought me a bear that was multicolored, and I was very into [artist] Takashi Murakami at the time of [my] third album, ‘Graduation,’ so she bought it and said ‘That kinda feels like Murakami.’ And then I was sorta like ‘I don’t want that, it ain’t no Takashi Murakami bear,'” he laughed. “And then she passed a few weeks after and I did everything I could to find that bear and place that bear on top of all the Takashi Murakami stuff I had in the house.”

Still, Kanye added, “She’s here with us, and guiding us.”

The interview starts streaming on Netflix on Friday, May 31. Check it out!

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