Ye, the mercurial maestro formerly known as Kanye West, is a polymath whose multifaceted talents have been eclipsed by his incessant online diatribes. His unpredictability, once a hallmark of his artistic genius, has devolved into a maelstrom of controversy, leaving even his most ardent supporters scrambling for the exits. The backlash has been nothing short of a global reckoning, with the rapper’s reputation lying in tatters. Yet, amidst the deafening chorus of condemnation, Damon Wayans has emerged as a contrarian voice.

While Wayans acknowledged Ye’s musical brilliance, he also tempered his praise with a nuanced caveat, calling him a vagrant.

On a recent episode of the Club Shay Shay podcast, Damon Wayans joined host Shannon Sharpe, and the conversation quickly landed on his opinion about Ye. Wayans addressed the subject with the calm and composure of a monk, clarifying his love for the Atlanta native imminently. While he acknowledged Ye’s “musical genius” alongside the antics he recently made headlines with, Wayans compared the rapper to a “homeless man,” admitting he could not be “mad” at either, because something must be definitely wrong with both. 

Wayans put into view a hypothesis that when a shelterless person yells on the street, people do not take it to their heart, knowing they do not mean what they say. Similarly, in the case of Ye, someone has to step up, pull him close, and help him understand. However, that should come from a person who the rapper loves. Although he is unaware if such an individual exists in his life, Wayans loves the artist with all his heart. 

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While Damon Wayans’ analysis of Ye projects possible sickness, the rapper himself has time and again opened up about his autistic side.

Justin LaBoy dropped a much-awaited interview for The Download podcast with Ye on Yeezy.com in February, and it was all things explosive. The conversation was a one-way portal to Ye’s unfiltered grey matters that shed light on his creative voyage so far. As LaBoy discussed art with the artist, the discussion also touched on his past medication, zeroing in on his presumed bipolar disorder. However, Ye broke the myth of his incorrect diagnosis, revealing he has autism instead.

This is not exactly the first time the rapper has opened up about the discovery. Previously, Ye held his disastrous car crash early in his career as the main reason behind his autism. However, Damon Wayans’ recent intervention, which reframes the global backlash into a thoughtful examination of Ye’s antics, prompts a reassessment of the situation, inviting fans and critics to look beyond the surface and uncover the complexities that lie beneath.

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