West has no faith in psychiatrists

Rapper Kanye West refused to seek out professional help to deal with his grief following the death of his mother - because he doesn't believe in reliving the past.

The singer lost his mother Donda in November 2007 after she suffered complications from plastic surgery. Shortly afterwards, West and his fiancee Alexis Pfeiffer broke off their engagement and parted ways.

The rapper took time out of the spotlight to grieve his loss and his love split - but insists he never considered talking to a psychiatrist at any point during that tragic period, preferring instead to get through it day by day.

He told Vibe magazine: "I don't believe in therapy. I believe in you gotta walk it out, you gotta live it out. Life has its ups and downs. And sometimes you sprain an ankle, you have to walk it out, like back in the day in summer camp. Walk it out. And sometimes you have to cry it out.

"What's good for me is I have the opportunity to sing these songs. But I don't believe in sitting down with a shrink. And I don't believe in medication or painkillers."