Watch Kanye West perform on stage with his four children at ‘Vultures 2’ listening party in China

16 September, 2024

Kanye West has invited his four children on stage to perform at a ‘Vultures 2’ listening party – check out footage below.

The moment took place during a recent listening party for the rapper’s album – which arrived earlier this year and marked the second instalment in the ‘Vultures’ series with Ty Dolla $ign.

Held yesterday (September 15), the event was staged in China and took place at Hainan’s Wuyuan River Sports Stadium. Midway through the set, the rapper, who now goes by Ye, broke out a rendition of ‘Everybody’, and invited his children on stage to join him.

In footage shared by West’s partner, Bianca Censori, his children North, Saint, Chicago, and Psalm all accompanied him for the song. Check it out in full below.

The song was first brought into the spotlight last year, when it made headlines for featuring a recreated chorus of Backstreet Boys’ ‘Everybody’, and featured Charlie Wilson.

West and Ty released their first collaborative album, ‘Vultures 1’, under the name ¥$ on February 10, before ‘Vultures 2’ arrived on August 4 – months after its original release date in March. It was originally thought to top the Billboard 200 chart, but Taylor Swift‘s most recent album – ‘The Tortured Poet’s Department’ – blocked him from the top spot, ending his 19-year-long streak of having his album debut at Number One.

‘Vultures 1’ was described in a two-star NME review as being “far from one of his best efforts” and “mired in misogyny”. It had features from Freddie Gibbs, YG, Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, West’s daughter North and more.

Since being released, ‘Vultures 2’ has drawn a mixed response from fans and critics alike, and has also drawn heat from Geoff Barrow, who suggested that the two rappers sampled Portishead on a ‘Vultures 2’ track without permission.

The initial ‘Vultures’ album also ran into a similar issue regarding alleged copyright infringement, with West and Donna Summer‘s estate reaching a settlement over the alleged “illegal” use of ‘I Feel Love’ on ‘Vultures 1’.

The recent listening party in China follows on from one in South Korea last month, which saw Ye make a dramatic entrance on horseback and lead a “Fuck Adidas” chant. The latter was presumably in reference to the company ending their partnership with him following his antisemitic tweets in 2022.

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