Watch video of star and late mom during a home rap session

It is this song that has now become a tribute to Donda, but in the early 2000s it was her favourite and in the video which has resurfaced online, the pair touchingly performs the track together.

It has been almost eight years since Kanye West suddenly lost his mother Donda, but a video uncovered this week, shows just how close the late English professor and her only son were prior to her 2008 death.

Donda has been the source of inspiration for many of the 37-year-old's songs but none more so than ‘Hey Mama’.

It is this song that has now become a tribute to Donda, but in the early 2000s it was her favourite and in the video which has resurfaced online, the pair touchingly performs the track together.

Filmed some time before the 2005 release of Kanye's sophomore album ‘Late Registration’ - on which the track appears - the home movie shows the pair's very close relationship.

Kanye has often spoken of the impact his mother's death has had on him, both in words and in song, and has revealed he even considered suicide after her passing.

Donda died in 2007 after suffering complications following cosmetic surgery.

Kanye's mom was just 58 when she underwent a breast reduction surgery and liposuction, however, unbeknownst to her and her surgeon she was suffering from coronary artery disease and she suffered a heart attack the following day.

The rapper said last year his biggest regret was that his mom never got to meet his daughter North West, whom he shares with Kim.