Kanye West Handcuffed In Ambulance and Hospitalized

                                       

Producer/rapper Kanye west was yesterday taken to UCLA Medical Center for psychiatric evaluation.

TMZ reported that according to law enforcement sources, cops responded to a call for a welfare check on Kanye around 1:20 PM PT. He was at his trainer, Harley Pasternak's home at the time and was "acting erratically."

We're told police called L.A. Fire, and by the time paramedics arrived Kanye was calmer ... but still resistant to going to the hospital. We're told everyone -- his management and law enforcement -- convinced him it was best he go. Law enforcement sources tell us Kanye was handcuffed to a gurney during transport to the hospital ... as standard protocol.