Kanye West was joined on stage by his daughter North as they performed together at his sold out comeback show in Los Angeles.
The rapper, who now goes by the name Ye, performed to his thousands of fans on Wednesday at the packed out Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium.
The two hour show, which is the first of two, saw Ye perform a selection of songs from his new album Bully, as well as some of his classics including Can’t Tell Me Nothing and Mercy.
His set marked the start of his comeback, after seemingly being un-cancelled following his recent apology for his previous unsavoury comments, which included antisemitic remarks.
North, 12 – who Ye shares with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian – wore tour merch while on stage with her father.
Rocking her blue hair, North gave her father a big hug in front of the gathered 70,000 fans as they performed ‘Talking’ and ‘Piercing on My Hand’.
Kayne West was joined on stage by his daughter North as they performed together at his sold out comeback show in Los Angeles
North, 12 – who Ye shares with his ex-wife Kim Kardashian – wore tour merch while on stage with her father on Wednesday
Don Toliver also guest performed with Ye.
According to LA Times, Ye was in good spirits for the concert and is pleased with how his comeback tour is selling.
The publication reports Ye also restarted his song ‘Good Life’ several times because he said the lighting was ‘corny’.
When crew didn’t make the changes he was looking for, Ye is quoted as saying: ‘Is this like an ‘SNL’ skit or something?’
He finished his set with his 2010 Runaway, which warns anyone ‘foolish’ enough to fall in love with him.
At the start of this year, Ye took out a full page advertisement in the Wall Street Journal where he detailed how his bipolar disorder caused him to lose ‘touch with reality’.
The advert, which was paid for by Yeezy and authored by West, was headlined ‘To Those I Hurt’ and described how, after ‘hitting rock bottom’ several months ago, he decided to seek help at the encouragement of his wife, Bianca Censori.
It all began in 2022 when he tweeted he was going ‘death con 3 on Jewish people’ – which got him promptly dropped by his agency CAA, production company MRC, Adidas, Gap, and Balenciaga.
The Yeezy designer – who’s worn swastika and ‘White Lives Matter’ T-shirts – has repeatedly spoken about his disdain for Jewish people and his adoration of Nazi Germany dictator Adolf Hitler.
But in 2023, he claimed watching Jonah Hill in his 2012 action comedy 21 Jump Street made him ‘like Jewish people again’ in a bizarre Instagram post.
‘No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people,’ the hip-hop star wrote at the time.
Earlier this week Ye confirmed his return to the stage in the UK for the first time in 11 years, with the rapper set to headline all three nights at Wireless Festival.
He last performed at the festival in 2014.
However, there are already doubts Ye will make it to the stage given his flaky performance history.
Last July, furious fans in China demanded a refund after Kanye turned to his Shanghai show 40 minutes late, with the star doing similar in 2024 when he was an hour late for a show in South Korea.
His most famous stage incident came in 2016 when he started his California show 90 minutes late, and stormed off stage after just three songs.
The two hour show saw Ye perform a selection of songs from his new album Bully, as well as some of his classics including Can’t Tell Me Nothing and Mercy
His set marked the start of his comeback tour, after seemingly being uncancelled following his recent apology for his previous unsavoury comments, which included antisemitic remarks
Rocking her blue hair, North gave her father a big hug in front of the gathered 70,000 fans as they performed ‘Talking’ and ‘Piercing on Mt Hand’
Don Toliver also guest performed with Ye, with the pair singing ‘Moon’ as well as Don’s hit ‘E45’
Jewish groups have already called on the Government to ban him from entering Britain to headline the festival.
Phil Rosenberg, the president of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, said inviting West to perform at one of Britain’s biggest festivals was ‘the wrong decision’.
He said the government should ‘show mettle on tackling antisemitism’ and consider ‘blocking him from entering the country’.
The Home Secretary can deny visas to foreign nationals if their presence is deemed ‘not conducive to the public good’.
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