Inside Kanye West's timeline of decline from work and family stress to on stage meltdowns as rapper is rushed to hospital

KANYE West has been taken to hospital after suffering from what friends have described as ‘nervous exhaustion’.

The rapper cancelled the rest of his Life of Pablo tour on Monday before being rushed by emergency services to a hospital in LA and being placed under ‘assessment’.

But although the world is in shock over the news, recent events would suggest this was inevitable.

Sources close to both Kanye and his wife Kim Kardashian have suggested the Fade hit maker has taken on too much lately, leading to his steep decline and ending in on stage rants, the cancellation of his tour and, eventually, his admission into hospital.

Here, we take a look back at what’s been happening in the world of Kanye recently and how the notoriously passionate workaholic burned himself out.