39 year old rapper and Fashion designer, Kanye West, has cancelled the 2017 European leg of his Saint Pablo Tour according to  a report published today by TMZ.

Hal Carmichael, whose mother Cheryl was married to Kanye’s father, has spoken out about over Kanye’s hospitalisation. Although Hal has not seen Kanye since 2014, their families reportedly remain close and he even attended his wedding to Kim in Italy.

Hal, who lives in San Antonio, Texas, spoke exclusively to The Sun UK…

According to him;

“No one thought Paris would happen in a million years and now he’s seen it happen to Kim, it’s traumatising. Ye is tired, he’s hurt, he feels betrayed and he’s probably feeling depressed. “It’s like who can he trust? You can’t trust anyone, even the people you’ve been paying to protect you. They haven’t been doing their jobs correctly. I think Kanye got to a point when he was fearing for his life and for his family’s safety because of what went down in Paris – I think it took a toll on him. He ends up walking about worrying and thinking, who’s going to do what to me?”

Hal reveals that the family were surprised when they found out that Kanye was rushed to hospital on November 21.

“It was so shocking when I found out he was in hospital but I knew in my stomach why – he’s mentally exhausted because he works so hard. Since he started out in the business he has never taken a break, or stopped working. He’s lost it right now because he’s only human.”

On allegations that Kanye was put on “suicide watch”, Hal who doesn’t think that is true, said:

“I don’t think he would have got to the point where he tried to kill himself. He’s exhausted from working over and over and over and he’s burning out. He’s not mentally aware right now. But he’s a strong man. His dad is still here, he has his wife and two kids to think about. Kanye would never do anything to himself that might affect the people he loves.”

…at least that’s what TMZ is claiming. Read their report below…

Kanye West just snapped a week ago Monday in what we’re told was a “nervous breakdown” … triggered in large part by the anniversary of his mother’s death. 

Sources very close to Kanye tell TMZ … he was increasingly becoming a powder keg of emotions in the weeks leading up to his hospitalization at the UCLA Medical Center …

Fueled by what we’re told was a shocking lack of sleep and the pressures of touring, running his businesses, parenting and providing emotional support to his wife who was suffering her own emotional trauma after the Paris robbery.

But our sources say the trigger for the breakdown was Donda’s death back in November 2007. Her funeral was November 20 — the same day he cancelled his show at the L.A. Forum. The following day — November 21 — Kanye cancelled the remainder of the tour and hours later suffered the breakdown.

People close to Kanye tell us he never effectively grieved over his mom’s death and has always had a difficult time in November, but this time he reached the breaking point.
Kanye, we’re told, has had trouble handling stress over the last few months, and in the week or so before the breakdown he started to unravel.

As we reported … Kanye became paranoid when he was taken to UCLA … refusing for a time to even let doctors touch him. He also ranted that people were trying to ruin his marriage.

Kanye was sedated and is being treated by doctors and mental health professionals. Doctors hoped to release him 2 days ago, but that didn’t happen and so far … no new release date.

Guess it’s been a long time coming! At his show last night in Sacramento, not only did he come after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Hilary Clinton, he also attacked his former collaborator Jay Z and his wife Beyonce.

At the risk of my own success. I’ll give ya’ll the truth. Jay Z, I know you got killas. Please don’t send them at my head. Just call me—talk to me like I man’ he said.

About Beyonce, he said;