Ye, f.k.a. Kanye West , is the subject of a new documentary, shot by an 18-year-old. Yes, for real. In Whose Name? is a wide-release documentary shot and directed by Nico Ballesteros, who took over documenting Ye’s life in the background for 15-hour days in 2019. The documentary spans six years of Ye’s life, including his descent into Nazism, his divorce, and his bipolar diagnosis. Below, find everything you need to know about the upcoming “unflinching portrait” of Ye.
What’s in the trailer?
“I’m off my meds for five months now,” Ye says at the start of the trailer. Then, Kim Kardashian’s voice cuts in, saying, through tears, that his “personality was not like this a few years ago.” Over shots of Ye in various locales, in front of post-modern architecture, and surrounded by sneakers,