Current:Home > ScamsNorth West sings and raps in dad Ye's new video with Ty Dolla $ign -EliteFunds
North West sings and raps in dad Ye's new video with Ty Dolla $ign
View
Date:2025-04-17 04:36:47
Ye has released a new music video featuring daughter North West ahead of his joint album with Ty Dolla $ign, "Vultures," slated for release Friday.
The video, for the album's track "Talking / Once Again," is a girl-dad double feature with "Vultures" collaborator Ty Dolla $ign and his daughter.
Ye's eldest daughter, whom he shares with ex Kim Kardashian, leads the track with a previously teased rap from a song originally titled "Slide."
In the video, North, 10, gets her hair braided by unseen hairstylists. She animatedly raps: "It's your bestie, Miss, Miss Westie / Just tryna bless me, just bless me."
Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, is seen intermittently as North talks in his ear and is later sitting on his shoulders. He isn't heard much on the track, outside of the repeated line: "Once again the clouds are gathering to release what they held in."
Ty Dolla $ign follows with a verse about feeling like his child is growing up too fast in between close-up shots of himself and daughter Jailynn Crystal, 19.
"How much to stop the car from speeding? They might try to slow down / How much to stop my daughter from growing? I just can't take it now."
Some celebs shared support for the video, including Tierra Whack, who wrote, "Cooker!!!!!!!" and rapper Duckwrth, who commented three crying emojis.
Ye's inclusion of daughter North in the video adds another layer of complexity to the embattled rapper's career amid his public rants about not being allowed to make parenting decisions, including whether his children should be online. The video also comes as he struggles to find a foothold following a series of antisemitic comments made most infamously in 2022.
Kanye's return to music, North West video comes amid controversy
"Vultures" is the first studio album from the rapper since his antisemitic remarks put his music and fashion career in limbo.
Ye, 46, tweeted in October 2022 that he would soon go "death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE" and doubled down in later television appearances, echoing popular antisemitic talking points about Jewish people controlling the entertainment industry and media. At Paris Fashion Week earlier that month, he wore a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase "White Lives Matter," which often is associated with white supremacist groups.
The rapper's antisemitic remarks cost him significant brand deals (and billionaire status), not to mention lost him plenty of public sympathy in the face of his public mental health struggles.
The release of Ye's new album and its implications for his fans and collaborators comes amid the Israel-Hamas war and rising antisemitism and Islamophobia, including more than 800 antisemitic acts since Oct. 7.
Ye has since released a Hebrew apology to the Jewish community, in which he asks forgiveness for "any unintended outburst caused by my words or actions," to mixed reactions.
Bill Maher, who jokingly called Ye a "very charming antisemite," told TMZ on Monday that the combination of Ye’s influence in pop culture and predominantly young fanbase helped spread his harmful rhetoric about the Jewish community. Maher chose not to release an episode of his "Club Random with Bill Maher" podcast featuring an interview with Ye for that reason.
"The problem, I think, is that he appeals mostly — of course he's a rockstar — to young people," Maher said. "They don’t know much, and they surely don't know much about the Middle East or Jews. … I feel like he was helpful for spreading the fertilizer, and I do mean fertilizer, for this idea that Israel and the Jews are the worst people in the world."
Contributing: Erin Jensen and Edward Segarra
veryGood! (53158)
Related
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Death Valley’s scorching heat kills second man this summer
- ‘Lab-grown’ meat maker files lawsuit against Florida ban
- Chipotle CEO Brian Niccol taking over as Starbucks chief executive; Narasimhan steps down
- Former longtime South Carolina congressman John Spratt dies at 82
- Dolce & Gabbana's New $105 Dog Perfume: What It Is, Where To Find It, & Affordable Alternatives From $3
- Tropical Storm Ernesto batters northeast Caribbean and aims at Puerto Rico as it strengthens
- Auto workers union seeks NLRB investigation of Trump and Musk comments about firing striking workers
- McKinsey to pay $650 million after advising opioid maker on how to 'turbocharge' sales
- Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and stories
Ranking
- House passes bill to add 66 new federal judgeships, but prospects murky after Biden veto threat
- After a slew of controversies, the SBC turns to a low-key leader to keep things cool
- FTC ban on noncompete agreements comes under legal attack
- Emirates NBA Cup 2024 schedule: Groups, full breakdown of in-season tournament
- Bill Belichick's salary at North Carolina: School releases football coach's contract details
- Judge rejects Donald Trump’s latest demand to step aside from hush money criminal case
- Replacing a championship coach is hard. But Sherrone Moore has to clean up Jim Harbaugh's mess, too.
- Here's why all your streaming services cost a small fortune now
Recommendation
Warm inflation data keep S&P 500, Dow, Nasdaq under wraps before Fed meeting next week
Pentagon updates guidance for protecting military personnel from ‘blast overpressure’
Drew Barrymore reveals original ending of Adam Sandler rom-com '50 First Dates'
It Ends With Us’ Justin Baldoni Hires Crisis PR Manager Amid Feud Rumors
Pressure on a veteran and senator shows what’s next for those who oppose Trump
That news article on Google? Its headline may have been written by a political campaign
Jurors to hear opening statements in trial of ex-politician accused of killing Las Vegas reporter
Paige DeSorbo Reveals if Craig Conover, Kyle Cooke Feud Has Affected Her Summer House Friendships