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Kanye West Supporting Justin Bieber Amid Meltdown Fears: ‘Purpose’ Singer Struggling With Fame

By Maurice Cassidy

From the archive: published May 13, 2016, 10 years ago. Details may have changed since.

Kanye West and Justin Bieber are better friends than one would’ve thought. So much that the rapper has reached out and stayed in touch with the 22-year-old, who is allegedly beginning to show signs that fame has gotten the better of him.

Earlier this week, fans were left stunned to see Justin walk through a park on his bare feet as he fed two squirrels. On that same day, the Biebs made it known that he would no longer be allowing fans to take photos with him, stressing that it has gotten to the point where he “feels like a zoo animal.”

With that in mind, Kanye seems to be convinced that Justin Bieber is beginning to show clear signs that Hollywood is getting to him and reportedly wants to help him stay on the right path because he knows just how talented the “Sorry” singer is.

“Kanye can totally relate to what Justin is going through as an artist and a public figure, so he reached out to him to give him some support,” a source revealed.

The insider continued by saying that Kanye and Justin have been on good terms for a while, but their friendship seems to have hit new heights following Justin’s crisis. “He looks at Justin like a little brother and wanted him to know that he’s there for him. He also reminded Justin just to stay true to himself and never mind the haters.”

There is no doubt that Kanye West is a big Justin Bieber fan. Just last month, the rapper showed his support to JB by showing up to his Purpose tour three times in a row during his stop in Los Angeles.

And then there were also the Snapchat videos of West singing “What Do You Mean?” which he said was his favorite song of 2015. West clearly sees so much potential in Justin that facing a possible meltdown similar to Britney Spears could take a severe toll on his health and his career.

Earlier this year, Bieber shocked fans when he decided to cancel any further meet-and-greets, which usually took place following one of the singer’s Purpose shows. According to Justin himself, fans would make him feel “do depressed” and put him in a position where he feels he has to be a role model to them at all times, knowing himself that he is bound to make further mistakes in life.

The pressure to be perfect, along with the depressing stories after a fun-filled show left Justin Bieber no choice but to cancel the entire meet and greets for any further concert dates, which, as one could have imagined, infuriated fans who had paid thousands for those particular tickets.

All in all, Justin clearly has a good and solid team around him that wants him to succeed and take the time he needs to better his ways and stay on the right track. And with Kanye West by his side, social media users seem to agree that Bieber is in good hands — after all, Kanye can definitely relate to feeling like an outsider in Hollywood, bound to go crazy.

Do you feel sorry for Justin Bieber? Surely, you’d sympathise with the fact that the boy can’t seem to enjoy being a 22-year-old, no?

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