Ye Apologizes for Antisemitic Remarks in WSJ Ad

Kanye West, the rapper and designer known legally as Ye, published a lengthy apology on Monday in a full-page advertisement in The Wall Street Journal, addressing years of controversial statements and actions, including antisemitic remarks that damaged his reputation and career.

In the letter titled "To Those I've Hurt," Ye linked his behavior to untreated mental health issues stemming from a car accident nearly 25 years ago. The 2002 crash broke his jaw and injured the right frontal lobe of his brain, but he wrote that the deeper neurological damage went undiagnosed at the time due to limited scans and exams. It was not identified until 2023, he explained, contributing to his bipolar type 1 diagnosis. "That medical oversight caused serious damage to my mental health and led to my bipolar type 1 diagnosis," Ye stated.

He described bipolar disorder as a persuasive condition marked by denial during manic episodes, where individuals feel "powerful, certain, unstoppable" while losing touch with reality. Ye noted that the disorder shortens life expectancy by 10 to 15 years on average, according to the World Health Organization and Cambridge University studies, placing it on par with...