Photo : Drew Angerer ( Getty Images ) On Wednesday morning, Kanye West was in his hometown of Chicago, Ill., and made a radio appearance on 107.5 WGCI Chicago where he spoke about recent incidents, including his MAGA hat, Donald Trump and getting his mental health in order. And yes, as the title states, he did shed a few tears. Advertisement The hosts of the morning show didn’t hold back on their questions and quickly jumped to getting clarification on the Drake and Pusha T beef, especially since there were allegations that West was feeding Pusha T information about Drake. Of course West denied the accusations in the most Kanye way ever, “Who has time for that?” Exactly. What he did have time for was discussing his Trump antics and his mental health. Earlier this month during an interview with Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel asked West : “You so famously and so powerfully said ‘George Bush doesn’t care about black people.’ It makes me wonder, what makes you think that Donald Trump does?” West never responded to Kimmel, but answered the question during Wednesday’s interview. “I feel that [Trump] cares about the way black people feel about him, and he would like for black people to like him like they did when he was cool in the rap songs and all this.” He continued, “He will do the things that are necessary to make that happen because he’s got an ego like all the rest of us, and he wants to be the greatest president, and he knows that he can’t be the greatest president without the acceptance of the black community. So it’s something he’s gonna work towards, but we’re gonna have to speak to him.” West also spoke about the comments he made on TMZ about slavery being a choice, which of course caught backlash: The thing about being called crazy, the biggest stigma that has to be broken is that you instantly get written off. But you might be the only one who knows what they’re talking about. Also what I wanna say to everyone listening right now—I have never really approached or addressed the slavery comment fully. And it’s not something for me to overly intellectualize. This is something about the fact that it hurt people’s feelings and the way that I presented that piece of information. I could present in a way more calm way, but I was ramped up. And I apologize. That happens sometimes when people are—I’m not blaming mental health, but I’m explaining mental health. I don’t know if I properly apologized for how the slavery comment made people feel. I’m sorry for the one-two effect of the MAGA hat into the slave comment, and I’m sorry for people that felt let down by that moment. And I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to talk to you about the way I was thinking and what I was going through. Further in the interview (8:05 mark below) West breaks down into tears when he talks about his “downfall” and the main causes of it, which included losing some of his closest friends who kept him grounded, particularly his long time collaborator Don C. “Don is actually in town right now, because I told him I need him to be there for me so shit like this don’t happen to me,” Kanye said before breaking down into tears. Was this West’s redemption interview? Who knows, but let’s just say he may have caused a few other people to shed some tears as well. Especially those who struggle with mental health issues.<doc-sep>Kanye West Cries Live On Air During Emotional Apology For Slavery Comments The rapper returned to his native Chicago for a tearful interview. Kanye West has delivered a long-awaited apology for the comments he made about slavery earlier in the year. The rapper returned to his hometown of Chicago to sit down with local radio station 107.5’s 'WGCI Morning Show', and opened up about the controversial remarks he made on TMZ. “I don’t know if I properly apologized for how the slavery comment made people feel,” West began. “I’m sorry for the one-two effect of the MAGA hat into the slave comment, and I’m sorry for people that felt let down by that moment." “I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to talk to you about the way I was thinking and what I was going through, and what led me to that," he added. "I just appreciate you guys holding on to me as a family." Kanye West appearing on Chicago 107.5's 'WGCI Morning Show.'. Picture: Chicago 107.5 Later in the interview, West broke down in tears as he reflected on his "downfall", which he says was caused in part by his strained relationship with former tour manager Don C. “Don is actually in town right now because I just told him... I need him to be there so s**t like this doesn't happen to me," said West, before pausing and placing his head in his hand. The 'Ghost Town' rapper concluded the interview by promising his home city that they're going to "see a new 'Ye." "You're gonna feel the impact of the new relationships and the new ideas and exposure that I’ve gathered," he said. "It’s about to be applied now.” Elsewhere during the interview, West also opened up about his complicated friendship with Drake and insinuating that the pair felt out over a "beat", to which Drake cryptically responded on Instagram.<doc-sep>Kanye West has offered up an emotional apology for claiming that “slavery was a choice” earlier this year. “I don’t know if I properly apologized for how the slavery comment made people feel,” he stated, clearly uncomfortable, during the "Lift Yourself" rapper's visit to 107.5 WGCI Chicago on Wednesday. “I’m sorry for the one-two effect of the MAGA hat into the slave comment, and I’m sorry for people that felt let down by that moment. And I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to talk to you about the way I was thinking and what I was going through.” He also addressed mental illness and his own bipolar diagnosis in light of his behavior in recent months. “The thing about being called crazy, the biggest stigma that has to be broken is that you instantly get written off,” he said. “But you might be the only one who knows what they’re talking about. Also, what I wanna say to everyone listening right now—I have never really approached or addressed the slavery comment fully. And it’s not something for me to overly intellectualize. This is something about the fact that it hurt people’s feelings and the way that I presented that piece of information. I could present in a way, more calm way, but I was ramped up. And I apologize. That happens sometimes when people are—I’m not blaming mental health, but I’m explaining mental health.” Later, however, the 41-year-old rapper did break down in tears when discussing a falling out he’s had with clothing designer Don C, claiming that “the downfall of Kanye West” was caused by losing that friendship. On May 1, West appeared on TMZ Live, where he stated, "When you hear about slavery for 400 years ... For 400 years? That sounds like a choice… You were there for 400 years and it's all of y'all. It's like we're mentally imprisoned." Get more news on West in the clip below. RELATED CONTENT: Kanye West Says He 'Would Smash' Kim Kardashian's Sisters in New Song 'XTCY' This video is unavailable because we were unable to load a message from our sponsors. If you are using ad-blocking software, please disable it and reload the page. 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Kanye West apologized for slavery is a choice comment and broke down in tears over his mental illness diagnosis Three months after stirring up controversy with his “slavery was a choice” comment, Kanye West has apologized. “I don’t know if I properly apologized for how the slavery comment made people feel,” the rapper, 41, said during a radio interview with 107.5 WGCI Chicago. “I’m sorry for the one-two effect of the MAGA hat into the slave comment, and I’m sorry for people that felt let down by that moment,” West continued in reference to his explosive interview on TMZ and his proclamation of love for Donald Trump. “And I appreciate you giving me the opportunity to talk to you about the way I was thinking and what I was going through and what led me to that and I just appreciate you guys holding on to me as a family,” Kanye continued. The outspoken father of three also addressed his mental health and his bipolar diagnosis, which has become a talking point for many fans confused by his latest actions. “The thing about being called crazy, the biggest stigma that has to be broken is that you instantly get written off,” West explained on the radio show. “But you might be the only one who knows what they’re talking about. Also, what I wanna say to everyone listening right now– I have never really approached or addressed the slavery comment fully,” he continued. Dbpw2J4UwAA9vzT.jpg “And it’s not something for me to overly intellectualize. This is something about the fact that it hurt people’s feelings and the way that I presented that piece of information,” West said. “I could present in a way, more calm way, but I was ramped up. And I apologize. That happens when people are– I’m not blaming mental health, but I’m explaining mental health,” he added. West also explained his “downfall” was caused by his strained friendship with clothing designer Don C. don-c-kanye-west Kanye West and Don C | Credit: ohnny Nunez/WireImage “Don C was not around as much. The people that were around just didn’t care about me as much as Don C did,” West told 107.5 WGCI Chicago. He also revealed he felt that if he had people around him who had his best interest at heart, the TMZ interview wouldn’t have gone left. RELATED VIDEO: Kanye West Reveals He’s Undergone Liposuction and Is on Medication Following Mental Breakdown: ‘I’m Happy It Happened’ “They could have stopped it. They could have said ‘Yo this is going too far,” West continued in reference to his statement, “You hear about slavery for 400 years. For 400 years?! That sounds like a choice.” West then broke down in tears saying, “Don is actually in town right now because I just told him I need him to be there for me so some s— like this don’t happen [again].”