It's been confirmed to be bullshit and people on here are still going on about what an ass he is? Did we get a thread for him apologizing to Beck the other day or did people choose to selectively ignore that?
As for his mom being dead, the way people deal with grief varies drastically from person to person. Think about this; she died due to complications of plastic surgery. Kanye probably paid for said surgery. You don't think it could still be eating at him from the inside? He's been talking about his mom a lot lately, seems to me he hasn't been able to let go of his guilt.