Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother Donda the day before her death, has asked the rapper to not use an image of his face for the cover of West’s new album.

West tweeted last week that he would be using the image of Adams, and said that he wanted “to forgive and stop hating”, since the purported title of his new album is Love Everyone. Adams gave Donda West liposuction, a tummy tuck and a breast reduction in November 2007, but she died the following day, after reporting pain and tightness in her chest. A coroner found “no evidence of a surgical or anaesthetic misadventure,” and said “the final manner of death could not be determined. Multiple post-operative factors could have played a role in the death. The exact contribution of each factor could not be determined.”

Adams has written an open letter to West, posted on the website the Blast, asking him to “cease and desist” from using his image on the album cover. “I don’t want to seem ungrateful,” he wrote, “I just think that if in fact this conversion to love is genuine on your part, then it’s inappropriate to drag the negativity of the past with it.”

After writing a lengthy description of the events around West’s death and the subsequent investigations, he adds: “Don’t put my picture out there and pretend you are about love. Love deals with the truth. Over the past 10 years I have tolerated all the errors, misinformation and lies told by reporters, journalists and people on the street out of respect for doctor-patient privilege and your mother.”

West responded to Adams’s letter on Twitter, writing: “This is amazing. Thank you so much for this connection brother. I can’t wait to sit with you and start healing.”

The messages are part of a recent burst of activity from West, as he gears up to release two albums in June (one in collaboration with Kid Cudi), as well as albums he has helped produce for Nas, Pusha T and Teyana Taylor. Most controversially, he reiterated his support for Donald Trump, saying: “We are both dragon energy. He is my brother.”

He released two new tracks over the weekend, including Ye Vs the People, in which he further argues his support for Trump, saying: “Make America Great Again had a negative perception / I took it, wore it, rocked it, gave it a new direction / Added empathy, care and love and affection.”