Kanye West has reportedly told photographers never to speak to him again after clashing with one at LAX.

West is well known for being an intensely private man but arguably over reacted after a videographer was foolish enough to address him, even though it was only to praise him on his work.

The rapper reportedly said to him: “Don't talk, don't talk to me. I don't want to hear paparazzi talk to me or anybody I know. And tell everybody never talk to anyone that anyone knows. Don't talk to themselves. Don't talk ever again.”

At the time of the outburst, the TMZ photographer had only been trying to express how excited he was for a possible sequel to 2011’s Watch the Throne with Jay-Z.

The website claims that after the outburst, West “charged back at our photographer and ripped at our camera.”

West has previously spoke of his increasing need for privacy after the birth of his daughter North West with Kim Kardashian.

“I just don't want to talk to America about my family,” he said in an interview with The New York Times.

“Like, this is my baby. This isn't America's baby.”