Rapper Kanye West shared an emotional tribute to his late mom Donda West, who passed away in California in November 2007, a day after undergoing multiple plastic surgery procedures.

Yesterday, Tuesday, July 12 would have been her 67th birthday.

The 39-year-old father of two also spoke about his daughter North West‘s desire to spend time with her grandmother she never met, accompanied with a throwback photo of himself with his beloved mom, an English professor who died at the age of 58.

He tweeted: ‘Nori asked if the airplane could take her to heaven to see you for your birthday, I love you, mom’

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