Kanye West’s ‘In Whose Name’: a journey through brilliance, bedlam

RAPPER Kanye West (now known as Ye) recently dropped the trailer for his highly anticipated documentary, In Whose Name, and judging from the looks of it, fans and foes are in store for a bumpy ride through his chaotic life.

- ALYSSIA BIRJALAL

A part of the film’s synopsis reads: “Immersed in Ye’s world of extremes, bore witness to brilliance and breakdowns, triumphs and turmoil, but also observed the paranoia and intensity that increasingly shaped Ye's world”

Kim Kardashian and their children make brief cameos in the minute-long trailer, cut from 3 000 hours of never-before-seen footage that was captured over six years.

The film is expected to screen at selected cinemas from September 19, and promises to give a “raw and often unsettling” look at West's self-destruct-ing behaviour, the impact of his mental illness, his marriage to Kardashian and his anti-Semitic rants.