The death of Kanye West's mother, Donda, was tragic, but y'all know I have some questions, right?

First, an observation about Kanye's relationship with his mother. In some ways, their relationship emphasized how important it is for a black man to be raised by another strong, black man. Of course, women have been raising sons for years, but women tend to pass on their women-like traits to their sons, who we later refer to as bitches.

Kanye is brilliant, a once-in-a-generation musical talent, but, uh...and I probably shouldn't say this because I'm sensitive to the fact his momma just died..but...derrr...uhh...dude's kind of a bitch.

Remember the MTV Europe Music Video Awards? 'Ye jumped onstage and started cussing people out because he didn't win best video. "Matter of fact, I'm not going to any more awards shows," 'Ye said. "From now on, I got all the awards I need. I'm only making my music for the fans. ... The streets know, and the fans know, that 'Touch the Sky' was killin' that video. ... Don't even nominate my shit. Don't play with me. I don't need awards to validate me."

Remember the American Music Awards in '04? 'Ye stormed out because Gretchen Wilson won for best new artist. 'Ye: "I felt like I was definitely robbed, and I refused to give any politically correct bullshit-ass comment ... I was the best new artist this year."

I know I'm getting off on a tangent, but the guys raised primarily by women are easy to spot. Exhibit A: Terrell Owens. Raised by his mother and grandmother. World-class bitch. A talented, world-class bitch, but a bitch nonetheless.

This isn't an absolute formula because I know men who were raised by women who do not display bitch traits. But the MAJORITY, do. They tend to be as dramatic as women, as sensitive as women, with wavering self-esteem like women, and anger like women.

Getting back to Momma 'Ye and her surgery debacle, it struck me as odd that Momma Ye seemed to need the spotlight as much as her son. Kanye's music naturally put him the spotlight, but he and his mother went out of their way to draw attention to himself. She wrote a book about what it was like to raise her son, aptly titled "Raising Kanye."

Hey, do you, Ms. 'Ye.

And am I the only one who found it bizarre that a 58-year-old woman would want to have a tummy tuck? I can understand the breast reduction. A lot of women get those because it reduces stress on the back and body. But it seemed a little late in the game to be making those kind of improvements.

I'm willing to pass it off as being a Hollywood, in-the-limelight thang, but if you're going to get that kind of major plastic surgery, and your son is Kanye West, wouldn't you make sure you got the top plastic surgeon to give the ol' body an oil change?

Only that's not what happened here. According to reports, Momma 'Ye got done in by a hacksaw. Dr. Jan Adams, the dude that performed Momma 'Ye's surgery, is currently under investigation by the Medical Board of California because he's gone Freddy Krueger on a couple of women. Adams was arrested twice in the last four years for alcohol-related offenses. He also has been the target of several malpractice suits and in '01, he paid out almost $500K to settle up a couple of cases.

Entertainment Tonight, CNN, and various other news outlets have interviewed several women that Adams knifed up incorrectly. Dude has flat-out disfigured women, including one woman who says he mistakenly left a surgical tissue in her breast that almost killed her.

How on Earth did Momma 'Ye wind up letting this dude operate on her? Hindsight is 20-20, of course, but there is something especially tragic about someone dying this way. Now, we don't know for sure that Momma 'Ye's death was related to her recent plastic surgery, but the suspicions are pretty strong and given this dude's track record, it's not far-fetched.

It will be interesting to see how this impacts Ye's musical career. These tragedies bury most people, but these calamities tend to strengthen artists. We'll see how 'Ye progresses forward.