North West’s father, Kanye West (Ye), has ignited a firestorm by previewing a controversial new song featuring herself and Sean “Diddy” Combs—from prison—while Kim Kardashian reportedly fights to block its release over safety fears.
The Kardashian-West family drama has reached a new decibel level.
Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, recently posted a snippet of a new track featuring his 11-year-old daughter, North West, alongside Diddy and his son, Christian Combs. However, the collaboration has sparked controversy, as Kim Kardashian has reportedly expressed serious concerns about North’s involvement, especially given Diddy’s current legal troubles.
On Saturday, in the midst of a long series of now-familiar hateful posts on social media, he released a new song that he claims includes Combs, along with his son Christian “King” Combs, West’s 11-year-old daughter North, and singer Jasmine Williams. The track, named Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine, features a typical West beat and synthesizer sounds and opens with what seems to be a phone conversation between West and Combs, who is speaking from prison.
As reported by TMZ and through various screenshots of texts shared by Ye, Kim Kardashian tried to prevent the song’s release using legal means.
The screenshots floating on the internet reveal that Kim Kardashian has trademarked North West’s name, a move that Kanye did not take lightly. As per various reports, Kim issued legal documents to Kanye, directing him not to engage North in any projects without her approval. Nonetheless, Kanye disregarded this notice and featured his daughter’s voice in his most recent song.
“I asked u at the time if I can trademark her name,” another text allegedly from the SKIMS founder reads. “You said yes. When she’s 18, it goes to her. So stop.”
Kanye allegedly responded to Kim, whose family regularly trademarks their and their kids’ names, “Amend it or I’m going to war. And neither of us will recover from the public fallout. You’re going to have to kill me.”
The controversial song, Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine, was released one day after a pretrial conference took place for Combs’ impending federal sex crimes trial in New York. The founder of Bad Boy Records, who has faced allegations of sexual abuse in more than twelve lawsuits, is confronting charges of racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking, and transportation for the purpose of prostitution.
