Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Bitter Sweet

Posted by Bossip Staff

Kanye may have been somewhat comforted during his grief knowing that his mom heard “Hey Mama” shortly before she passed:

KANYE WEST’s song HEY MAMA was the last tune the rapper’s mother heard before she died from cosmetic surgery complications last year (Nov07), according to her own mother. Concerns for her daughter’s wellbeing prompted Jean Roberson to rush to Donda West’s bedside after the professor failed to regain consciousness after eight hours of surgery. To wake her, Roberson took out her cell phone and played the version of West’s Hey Mama she had downloaded as a ringtone. In an exclusive interview with U.S. TV news show Access Hollywood, Roberson says, “I put the phone to her ear and said, ‘Donda, listen… “Wake up, listen. Kanye’s singing to you.’” The patient eventually did come round and was wheeled out of surgery in “an executive chair”. Donda West died the following evening.

This is a bittersweet story if ever there was one. No doubt Yeezy will use this whole experience as material for some new and creative music in an effort to continue to make Moma West proud.

Via WENN

Comments(26) on “Bitter Sweet”

  1. Hannibal

  2. Hannibal

    NOW THAT’S BEAUTIFUL…

  3. dayg715

    she would be even more proud if he would stop being such a bitchy little cunt.


  4. agree channibal

  5. Afiya - GO PHILLIES - WORLD SERIES -YEA BOI!!

    Bless his heart!

  6. Marquis de Sade

    It still doesn’t negate the fact that she died because of a foolish pursuit of vanity.

  7. da darkness

    stay black people it’ll always work out for the good. Obama is the light

  8. DDub

    It ain’t easy losing a parent. Even after all these years, it’s always apart of me. It’ll definitely shape your future in ways you can only imagine.

  9. MissBlaze43

    @ Marquis de Sade

    I think it had more to do with the DOCTOR – who turned out not to be so certified and bonified – than anything else. People get plastic surgery every day.

    That doctor butchered Kanye’s Mom and then sent her home.

    Anyway, we’re not going to go through this whole mess again because this was a very sad situation.

  10. BE

    Well Bossip I think this will make him feel better..that you think he will use his mother to make money

    No doubt Yeezy will use this whole experience as material for some new and creative music in an effort to continue to make Moma West proud.

    that seems to be a back handed compliment. SHUT THE FUCK UP! UNTIL YOU LOSE A PARENT YOU NEVER KNOW HOW MANY TIMES YOU CAN RELIVE IT! DUMB ASSES!

  11. Jahpson

    makes me want to cry. RIP Mrs. West

  12. ShavonDenise

    Thats beautiful and also bittersweet like you said. That song is so beautiful, I remember right after I found out she passed I immediately thought about that song. I listened to it a couple of weeks ago and it always brings me to tears and it did that b4 his moms died. I think about my own mother and so many mothers out there that sacrifice so much for there kids. Aint nothing like a momma people and if you still got yours, even if you dont have a tight relationship, you should be thankful because to me losing a mother is probably the worst thing next to a mother losing a child. Ima bout to call my moms just thinking about that song!

  13. Mz_Magnificent1

    Wow…that is truly bittersweet. I do hope Kanye seeks comfort in knowing that…his Mom truly was his bestfriend.

  14. Hannibal

    MZ_MAGNIFICENT1

  15. LOLLIIIPOP!!! HATERZ EVERY WH3R3 I G0!!

    THAT MADE ME A LIL MISTY-EYED…

  16. LOLLIIIPOP!!! HATERZ EVERY WH3R3 I G0!!

    THAT MADE ME A LIL MISTY-EYED..


  17. RIP DONDA WEST, Kanye keep your head up bro. That was so sad even touched me.

  18. A-Rab Baby

    yeezy’s sucha nice guy

  19. ro

    I’m so sick of kanye. People died everyday parent, brother, sisters…. let it go and move on. Yes you are right he will milk this for all the symapthy and attention he could get. who loses a parent and makes it a public thing

  20. Princess Aokie Lee aka BDR

    At RO, people do die everyday but it is the GRIEF that is left behind forever. You sound like a real bitter person to make that statement. Kanye would trade EVERY DIME he has to have his Mother back. It is evident in the song he made about their love, it was evident in their photographs and how about the many times he broke down on stage after his Mother died? If you think money rivals his Mom in Kanye’s eyes, then you have never ever listened to the song Hey Mama or any other songs where he PRAISED the ground she walked on for believing in him and loving him.


  21. this is so sdweet

  22. ro

    DBR,know not bitter don’t have a reason. Just sick of Kanye. We all have memories don’t use it for ratings and sympathy. We didn’t know her ,just of her. Greive to yourself to yourself that private and personal. NOW HE WANTS THE WORLD TO CRY WITH HIM. He just needs to fall on his knees and pray for strenght and leave the world alone about his mother.


  23. Kanye is the epitome of a great son just like other men in our society. Many people are unable to sympothize when losing a loved one. I know how it feels to lose someone. But I take the lemon moments and turn them into lemonade. To the people that wrote the negative comments go in a dark room and develop. God Bless


  24. Kanye is the epitome of a great son just like other men in our society. Many people are unable to sympothize when losing a loved one. I know how it feels to lose someone. But I take the lemon moments and turn them into lemonade. To the people that wrote the negative comments go in a dark room and develop. God Bless Life is a highway ride it!

  25. cheese cake

    kanye…stay strong in God and tha rest wiLL work itself out, bra!


  26. no diss but is mr.ed related to him?

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