Kanye West shares heartfelt memory of his mother in Letterman interview

In a preview of David Letterman’s interview with Kanye West, which begins streaming next Friday, May 31, the musician’s wife, Kim Kardashian West, tweeted a clip of him sharing a touching memory of his mother, Donda, who died in 2007 after a surgical procedure.

While his wife looks on smiling, West answers Letterman’s question about the memory of his mother.

“This would have been the funnest time of her life to have those kids running around that house and being able to, like, go and buy them toys,” he explained to Letterman.

"I remember, my mother bought me a bear that was multicolored, and I was very into Takashi Murakami at the time on that third album, Graduation.”

Kanye continued: “So, she bought it. She said it kind of, you know, feels like Takashi Murakami, and then I was sort of like, ‘I don’t want that! That ain’t no Takashi Murakami bear.’ And then she passed, you know, a few weeks after and I did, you know, everything I could to find that bear and place that bear on top of all the Takashi Murakami stuff I had in the house.

"But, you know, she’s here with us and she’s guiding us.” he concludes.

Kanye opens up to David Letterman like you’ve never seen him on My Next Guest, streaming on @Netflix May 31. pic.twitter.com/44HG9skLXV

— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) May 24, 2019