It's no surprise that Charles Hamilton is rumored to have checked himself into a New York mental hospital, especially with all the hoopla he's been through over the past couple years.

At one time, the rapper was on the cusp of being the next underground artist to make an impact on the music scene.

But, after a viral video of his girlfriend punching him in the face spread, his buzz began to fade and he became the butt of industry jokes. Eventually, he was dropped from his label ... and all kinds of weird things took place. The most recent came in May, when Charles released an open letter to Eminem where he channeled his inner-"Stan."

Now, there's reports that says Charles has checked himself into New York Presbyterian Mental Hospital, which he says is because of the stress he's endured for being in the music biz.

If it's true, somehow, Bossip was able to interview the rapper about the whole ordeal.

"My stay here is like identical to my stay in the industry, as far as being the new guy in here having to deal with politics and people trying to control you," Charles explained. "The critics would have to be the doctors and the rounds. So you can say this is like an experiment to see if the industry is really like an asylum or if I was the one bugging. Some say the industry is like high school but it's just like a [mental hospital]."

Charles claims he checked himself into the institution to "peace of mind," after becoming a victim of the music industry and his love of rhyming began to consume him.

"All I wanted to do and still want to do is make music," he explained. "It got to the point where I started talking in rhymes all the time, even in just regular conversations. And music just became me, so I thought it'd be a good idea if I checked into the hospital just to get my mind right."

At press time, it's unclear how long his stay at the mental institution would be, if it's in fact true. Stay tuned for updates...

Charles was signed to Interscope Records after creating a buzz from a slew of underground mixtape. In 2009, his major label debut, The Perfect Life, was slated to drop, but was eventually shelved after being dropped in September following a beef with labelmate Soulja Boy and receiving criticism for trying to credit J. Dilla as executive producer on the album.