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Kanye West was under observation at a Los Angeles-area hospital late Monday after he abruptly canceled the remaining dates of his national tour, multiple sources familiar with the case told NBC News.
The admission followed a week of bizarre incidents during which the provocative rapper publicly railed against fellow music stars Beyoncé and Jay Z and retroactively endorsed President-elect Donald Trump.
A source familiar with the case said Los Angeles police responded to a medical welfare call about 1:20 p.m. No criminal activity was involved; the decision to hospitalize West was for his own health and safety, the sources said.
West's concert promoter, Live Nation, said earlier in the day that the remaining dates of his Saint Pablo Tour had been called off. No reason was given.
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Hopefully it's a mental health evaluation and nothing urgent/immediately serious.
edit: TMZ corroborating the story and saying he was taken to the hospital by paramedics:
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Kanye West has been taken to UCLA Medical Center for evaluation.
According to law enforcement sources cops responded to a call for a welfare check on Kanye around 1:20 PM PT.
We're told paramedics also responded and ended up transporting Kanye to the hospital.
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edit 2: another update from TMZ
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Sources connected to Kanye tell us he was getting checked out by one of his doctors for severe sleep deprivation when someone -- possibly the physician -- decided he needed to be admitted.
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