More importantly, it was the first year of Kanye West’s life without his mother, with Donda West having sadly passed on Novemdue to complications arising from cosmetic surgery.Ģ008 would also be the year that Kanye West would release arguably his most divisive album, and one which would later achieve a great many accolades, including one of Rolling Stone’s 40 most groundbreaking albums of all time. It was the year West and his partner of six years, Alexis Phifer, called off their engagement and ended their relationship. In earnest, 2008 was an equally impactful year for Kanye West. It was the year I survived my first suicide attempt.Ģ008 was also the year that Kanye West taught me how to accept my depression as truly real.
It was the year I learned to hate talking. 2008 was the year that I finally forced my mother to leave my father, a callous and emotionally abusive man. It was the same year I dropped out of high school, suffering another breakdown. It was the year I moved to a new high school after being bullied and suffering a mental breakdown.
2008 was a profoundly impactful year in the structure of my personal life, and my relationship with the world around me.
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