--- title: Kanye West is Hospitalized Hours After Canceling Tour description: Kanye West has been hospitalized hours after his tour was cancelled Monday following a sensational series of on-stage rants and walk-offs. canonical: https://time.com/4579541/kanye-west-hospitalized/ author: Dominique Rowe article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-11-22T03:24:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:38:53.990Z og:title: Kanye West Hospitalized Hours After Canceling His Tour og:description: It comes after a series of rants, walk-offs and no-shows og:url: https://time.com/4579541/kanye-west-hospitalized/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6217c8c1f75321/6988af5dcd1bba33a37032e7/gettyimages-465349272.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5184 og:image:height: 2916 og:image:alt: FASHION-FRANCE-DIOR-CELEBS og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kanye West Hospitalized Hours After Canceling His Tour twitter:description: It comes after a series of rants, walk-offs and no-shows twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6217c8c1f75321/6988af5dcd1bba33a37032e7/gettyimages-465349272.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kanye West Has Been Hospitalized in Los Angeles > Sponsored content. 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American rapper Kanye West poses before Christian Dior 2015-2016 fall/winter fashion show on March 6, 2015 in Paris. Patrick Kovarik—AFP/Getty Images by [Dominique Rowe](https://time.com/author/dominique-rowe/) ## Dominique Rowe Nov 22, 2016 3:24 AM UTC Kanye West has been [hospitalized hours ](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kanye-walks-west-s-saint-pablo-tour-cancelled-following-beyonc-n686856)after canceling his Saint Pablo tour Monday following a series of sensational on-stage rants, walk-offs and no-shows. Los Angeles police responded to a medical welfare call at lunchtime on Monday. The rapper was reportedly taken to hospital and remains under observation, an unnamed source told NBC News. The move follows [speculation](http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/tde-punch-kendrick-lamar-kanye-west-twitter-top-dawg-mental-health-depression-a7429311.html) as to the state of West’s mental health in recent days. After playing two songs on stage in Sacramento on Saturday, the 39-year-old launched into a tirade against Hillary Clinton, Beyonce, Mark Zuckerberg, and disrupting the status quo, [which ended with him walking off stage](http://time.com/4577999/kanye-west-rant-sacramento-beyonce-hillary-clinton/). West also compared himself to Donald Trump, saying that he was “on my Trump sh-t tonight,” and that his current tour was “the most relevant thing happening.” According to [People](http://people.com/music/kanye-west-hospitalized-after-canceling-tour/), West was suffering from exhaustion and “sleep deprivation,” a source said. “He’s been working around the clock on fashion design, both on his own line and the Adidas line. He’s a notorious workaholic.” His wife, Kim Kardashian West, was due to appear in public for the first time since being robbed in Paris by attending the Angel Ball in New York, but canceled. \[[_NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/kanye-walks-west-s-saint-pablo-tour-cancelled-following-beyonc-n686856)_,_ [_People_](http://people.com/music/kanye-west-hospitalized-after-canceling-tour/)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4579541/kanye-west-hospitalized/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4579541/kanye-west-hospitalized/"},"headline":"Kanye West Has Been Hospitalized in Los Angeles","datePublished":"2016-11-22T03:24:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:38:53.990Z","description":"“He is exhausted and currently dealing with sleep deprivation,” a source said","url":"https://time.com/4579541/kanye-west-hospitalized/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","celebrities","Music","Kanye West"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6217c8c1f75321/6988af5dcd1bba33a37032e7/gettyimages-465349272.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dominique Rowe","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dominique-rowe/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf6217c8c1f75321/6988af5dcd1bba33a37032e7/gettyimages-465349272.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FASHION-FRANCE-DIOR-CELEBS","caption":"FASHION-FRANCE-DIOR-CELEBS","creditText":"Patrick Kovarik—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4579541/kanye-west-hospitalized/","name":"Kanye West Has Been Hospitalized in Los Angeles"}}]}] ```