I just watched the new [Kanye West interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored](https://youtu.be/L63Jt6__aGw) and it was rather interesting to watch. I don't usually follow Kanye West and am not a big fan of his art (though I respect him as an artist). Imo it wasn't so much about which topics specifically were discussed that made the interview interesting to watch. It was more about Kanye's behavior in general that strook me as odd.

 Though not a Kanye-follower, I know this notion is a rather trivial one, given that Kanye is famous for being anything but "normal" in a way most people conduct themselves in their lives. But when I watched him talk with Piers, there was one thing in particular that stood out to me: Kanye reminded me so much of people I have encountered both within the context of mental health-related work and my personal experiences in my environment. He reminded me of those who would usually be diagnosed with schizophrenia, or at least severe psychosis.

The way Kanye behaves, his mimic, the way he talks, what he says, how he goes on lengthy rants appearantly unrelated to the actual question (might indicate logorrhea) or his grandious narcissistic-like attitude and having obvious overvalued ideas (perhaps even clinical delusion, but unsure of that), among other things instantly reminded me of schizophrenia, especially the paranoid type. His appearant incapability of acknowledging his own potential illness (i.e. anosognosia) would fit that notion, too. He also appears to struggle with organizing his thoughts, makes connections where there might be none and even calls out Piers at one point for supposedly "distracting his thoughts", indicating both him having some kind of thought disorder as well as being paranoid (Piers actually did not intent to distract him, at least not in the way Ye appears to think). Furthermore ever so often in between ranting about different ideas of his, he appears to show signs of low affect.

He talks about Jewish controlled media and George Soros, appears to be generally suspicious of his environment, holds on to believes that lack of any evidence, depicts socially inadequate and child-like behaviors and so on.

So my question is: What do you think? Is it an act? Is it illness? Is it personality disorder perhaps? Or is it none of the above? Is he perhaps right about the stuff he's saying and is his behavior totally normal and acceptable?

Please note that though holding a B.Sc. in psychology, I am not a trained mental health professional as I have not yet finished training, so don't take this as a shot at a clinical diagnosis. I might be wrong on the topics I wrote about in this comment. Thanks!

Have a good day!