(TMZ) - Kanye West has been taken to UCLA Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation, reports TMZ.
TMZ says according to their law enforcement sources ... cops responded to a call for a welfare check on Kanye around 1:20 PM PT. He wasn't at his home at the time. TMZ reports paramedics also responded and ended up transporting Kanye to the hospital by ambulance.
Sources connected to Kanye tell TMZ he was getting checked out by one of his doctors for severe sleep deprivation when someone -- possibly the physician -- decided he needed to be admitted.
Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Kanye did not want to go, and was restrained when he was transported.
The hospitalization comes on the heels of Kanye abruptly cancelling the remainder of his Saint Pablo Tour, and launching into a verbal attack on Jay Z and Beyonce.
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