I remember listening to Kid Cudi’s 2009 debut album Man on the Moon: The End of the Day and feeling my chest squeeze. It’s a beautiful album, but beyond the lulling beats of one of the most chill albums in my collection, it’s the confessional of deeply depressed man. A depressed man who uses drugs to suppress feelings of emptiness, suicidal thoughts, and trauma brought on by personal tragedy. Instead of vibing along to songs like The Soundtrack 2 My Life, Day ‘n’ Nite and Pursuit of Happiness, all I heard was pain.

That’s why in October 2016, when it was reported that Kid Cudi had checked himself into rehab for “depression and suicidal urges,” I wasn’t surprised. He’d been dropping hints for ages.

When the news broke, many of his fans seemed relieved. We all knew he had his demons. We cheered him on with well-wishes and assurance of our caring, and fellow artists called his honesty brave, especially in reference to mental health and the surrounding stigma. It is. Everyone rallied behind him. We love Kid Cudi, and all we wanted was for him to get better.

These days, Cudi appears to be managing his illness well. He recently wrote a note on his Facebook to his friends and fans, thanking them for their support.

Incidentally, Kanye West’s name is among those at the top of the list.

On Saturday, November 19, 2016, Kanye West showed up late to a concert in Sacramento and played three songs — before embarking on a long, disjointed rant. West then called off the show (and later, the rest of his tour), leaving the stage and thousands of fans behind. It was bizarre. It was awkward.

Fans were unsurprisingly livid. Videos of the aftermath show united chants of “Fuck you, Kanye.” Twitter lit up with complaints. Articles and status updates across social media deemed him to be paranoid and crazy, as well as a megalomaniac and a self-important egoist.

“Kanye did it again.” “Can you believe this guy?” “What an ass.” Many love to hate Kanye, and those who do so took this chance to simply say, “I told you so.” On the following Monday, it was reported that West had been admitted to the hospital for dehydration, exhaustion and other “health and safety concerns.”

Like Kid Cudi, Kanye has written numerous songs about his struggles with mental illness (as have plenty of other hip-hop artists, despite claims that it’s a subject that hip-hop is hesitant to breach). A low key Kanye track, titled “I Feel Like That,” in fact, lists the symptoms of anxiety and depression, with West repeatedly and quietly crooning, “I feel like that.” We’ve seen his meltdowns, outbursts and bizarre moments before, from his infamous interruption of Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech to his more recent proclamation of a 2020 Presidential run.

The signs were hidden in plain sight, yet we were quick to call him arrogant or narcissistic. We rolled our eyes and talked about how he let the fame go to his head or how he was drunk on his own success. Hating Kanye became cool and easy.