Reuters — LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rapper Kanye West on Tuesday described slavery as a choice, praised Donald Trump for doing "the impossible" by becoming U.S. president, and attributed his 2016 mental breakdown to opioid addiction. more info

BBC News - UK — The rapper's comments on the historic enslavement of African Americans sparks a backlash. more info

New York Times — In a 105-minute sit-down with Charlamagne Tha God and an appearance at TMZ, the rapper addressed everything from racism to his fraught relationships with two presidents. more info

Perez Hilton — Before his November 2016 hospitalization, Kanye West had plastic surgery which triggered an addiction to painkillers. The rapper admitted this during his TMZ Live appearance on Tuesday. As we reported, during a phone call with Hot 97's Ebro, Kim Kard... more info

Consequence of Sound — Plus: He says slavery was a "choice" during a new interview with TMZ. more info

NME — He also shares controversial views about slavery Kanye West Kanye West has revealed that he was addicted to opioids after getting liposuction. West stopped by the TMZ office earlier …Continue reading » The post Kanye West reveals he was addi... more info

TMZ — Daz Dillinger's call for the Crips to beat down Kanye West got him stopped by cops Tuesday in Los Angeles ... but he says he's not backing down. Tha Dogg Pound rapper was walking past a slew of police cruisers, and said officers wanted to ask him… ... more info

Stereogum — Kanye West told TMZ that he became addicted to opioids when they were prescribed to him after he got liposuction. The addiction is reportedly what led to his 2016 breakdown, when he was hospitalized under psychiatric hold at UCLA Medical Center. more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — In an extensive interview with Charlamagne the God on Tuesday, embattled rapper Kanye West says he’s “in a stronger place than I ever was.” In the interview, Kanye talks candidly about his mental breakdown, the result of all the turmoil in his... more info

The Daily Mail — The 40-year-old rapper posted a nearly two hour interview with Charlamagne Tha God on the site wegotlove.com as he detailed the factors that led him to the hospital. more info