Kanye West Details Helping Daughter North West With Creating Her Debut Album
Kanye West is working harder, better, faster, stronger—all thanks to North West.
The “Jesus Walks” rapper shared that he’s found a new creative spark thanks to his 11-year-old daughter, whom he shares with ex-wife Kim Kardashian, in a post on social media teasing her debut album as well as his own upcoming project, Bully.
“This little girl made me love music again,” the 47-year-old wrote on Instagram Jan. 21 alongside a black and white photo of his firstborn. “She asked me to make beats for her I got back on the ASR Chopped up beats for her album and chopped every beats with my bare hand for BULLY.”
Kanye—who also shares kids Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 5, with the Kardashians star—posted behind-the-scenes videos of his collaborations with North as well including a clip of the budding musician listening to her work, succinctly captioning the post, “Training.”
North previously shared her plans to follow in her dad’s footsteps last March when she announced she was working on music of her own, with a nod to the Grammy winner’s critically-acclaimed debut album, The College Dropout.
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“I've been working on an album,” she revealed at a listening party for Kanye’s Vultures 2 LP, according to Forbes. "And it's called Elementary School Dropout.”
Days later, the youngster discussed the project in a rare on-camera interview, confidently telling 13-year-old reporter Jazlyn "Jazzy" Guerra, “It's gonna be great.”
However, North—who also forayed into the world of musical theatre with an onstage role in The Lion King in May—was less direct regarding when the album would be released, offering a simple, “I don't know.”
She was equally coy about whether the release would feature any collaborations with her father, saying “Maybe, we don’t know yet!”
While North continues working on her musical debut, keep scrolling to see photos of all the Kardashian kids.
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Just Dance
Kim Kardashian and Khloe Kardashian joined with Chicago West, Dream Kardashian and True Thompson at their dance recital in June 2024.
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Play Ball
Khloe also posted this pic of True Thompson with her little brother Tatum Thompson at the dance recital.
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Tribute to Moms
True Thompson and Chicago West honored their respective mothers, Khloe Kardashian and Kim Kardashian, in a mischievous way.
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Hugs
True and Chicago shared a sweet moment.
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Ouch!
True and Psalm West showed their casts after breaking their arms in August 2023.
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A True Dream
Khloe's daughter and Rob Kardashian's daughter Dream Kardashian posed for pics for St. Patrick's Day 2023.
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"Miracle" Family Photo
Khloe shared this photo of her daughter True, plus cousins Penelope Disick, Saint West, North West, Reign Disick, Psalm West and Dream in February 2023. She wrote, "This photo was near a miracle to get lol...a handful of other other cousins were off running and playing."
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Double Besties
Penelope Disick, North West, Dream Kardashian and True Thompson were all smiles in this February 2023 photo.
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Just Like Dad
Chicago sand her dad Kanye West and XXXTENTACION's song "True Love" while sitting in a vehicle with her little brother Psalm West in October 2022.
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Psalm Sings With Chicago
...the song references his and Kim Kardashian's four children, but Chicago and Psalm did not perform those parts.
Sleepover Crew
Khloe and True had Dream over for a sleepover in June 2023.
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Too Cool
Kylie Jenner, Stormi Webster and Kris Jenner lip-synched one of the momager's confessional lines from The Kardashians in an October 2022 TikTok video.
"BFFAE"
In August 2022, Kim coined the acronym "best friends forever and ever" to describe True, Chicago and Dream.
Camp North
Penelope Disick helped North West celebrate her 9th birthday with a "Camp North"-themed getaway to the wilderness with a group of BFFs.
Tiny Dancers
"Today was incredible! Our girls had their first dance recital and they were perfection!!!!" Khloe shared in June 2022. "I am so proud of all four of my girls!"
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Meow Mix
The cousins celebrated True Thompson's fourth birthday during a cat-themed bash in April 2022.
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So Grown Up
Penelope and North snapped a video during True's birthday party.
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Purr-fect Party
Psalm accompanied True while playing with a furry friend.
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Fab Foursome
The cousins had some fun in a play pen.
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Dance Party
True and Dream had an epic dance party to Aqua's '90 hit song "Barbie Girl," which Khloe documented on Instagram.
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Encanto Queens
The BFFs also performed and sang along to the massively popular song from Encanto "We Don't Talk About Bruno."
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Bust a Move
Could their dance moves be any cuter?!
"250 Million Kisses"
Chicago, True and Stormi gave each other hugs and kisses in an adorable pic, shared by Kim on Sept. 1. "250 Million followers on IG. I love you guys!" Kim thanked her fans. "I wanted to post this pic because if I could get 250 million kisses from our babies my life would be complete."
Hug Huddle
Chicago, True and Stormi showed off their fashion prowess in stylish outfits as they had a hug huddle on Sept. 1.
BFFs
Chicago looked back at aunt Khloe as she held hands with True on Aug. 4.
Window Shopping
Dream, Stormi, Chicago and True adorably went window shopping at The Grove on Aug. 4. "Cousins," Khloe captioned with a purple heart emoji.
Summer Stands
Reign, Mason, Penelope and North set up a summer lemonade stand also selling custom bracelets. Even Scott received a custom "Lord" bracelet from "pooshalini" Penelope!
Triple Trouble
"The sweetest girls," Khloe Kardashian captioned a precious moment between cousins Dream Kardashian, True Thompson and Chicago West.
Besties for Life
Former E! star Natalie Halcro's daughter also joined the photo op.
Say Cheese
Dream, True and Chicago posed in matching purple leotards.
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