It's been a year of triumph and despair for rapper, Kanye West. Hot on the heels of his single, Stronger, topping the charts and besting rival artist 50 Cent's musical offerings in a much-storied battle of the stars, his beloved mother died at the age of only 58, reportedly from complications following plastic surgery. A media maelstrom surrounds the circumstances of Dr. Donda West's untimely death, her surgeon's competence, whether her death was related to anesthesia rather than the surgery...

