>I think Kanye has always been a narcissist and an asshole.

Narcissism is a personality disorder, i.e. a form of mental illness.

>He admitted as much early on in his career. Having nervous
>breakdowns "man these niggas better than me?"
>
>This is definitely how some artist win in that industry
>because you have to believe you are the shit.

A nervous breakdown is DEFINITELY a symptom of mental illness. You can be envious and ambitious without having a breakdown.

>I know a nigga just like this. Industry cat. Used to suck his
>own dick all damn day. He was the greatest and he made it
>using that mentality. He was also depressed a lot. Even when
>he won he felt like he lost because someone else always had
>more or had a hot song.
>
>Ionno if that's being mentally ill or just obsessed with
>winning.

Yes, that's a symptom of depression. Always seeing the negative.

>These type of people create enemies and haters in their mind
>to drive them. Not sure if it's bi polar or just being a
>narcissistic asshole. I guess you can be both but I think it's
>the latter.

As I said to CT above, people aren't "just" assholes, narcissists, etc, the same way people aren't just obese. There is a physical/ psychological cause.

You don't have to have compassion for him, and I don't get why so many people in this post are trying to keep others from having compassion for him, but his "asshole" behavior is a symptom of unwellness.