Originally appeared on E! Online
Kanye West’s kids are by his side in his new musical era.
The polarizing rapper released his surprise new album, Bully, on March 19—and he introduced the project with a short film that stars his and Kim Kardashian’s oldest son, Saint West.
The 45-minute movie, which Kanye shared on X, sees the 9-year-old fighting a group of masked wrestlers with his toy mallet as the album plays in the background. By the end of the clip, Saint stands victorious in the middle of the wrestling ring.
Kanye—also dad to North West, 11, Chicago West, 9, and Psalm West, 5, with Kim—then posted what appears to be the album’s cover art, which features a close-up shot of Saint flaunting black and silver grills. The short film wasn’t the only unconventional detail of this rollout, as Kanye appeared to drop three different versions of Bully, although two appear to now be deleted.
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Saint’s appearance on Bully is fitting, considering the “Heartless” rapper revealed his son inspired the album’s title.
“My son was playing with some kid and then he kicked him,” Kanye, who’s married to Bianca Censori, told Justin LaBoy in an episode of The Download in February. “I asked my son, ‘Why did you do that?” and Saint responded with a simple, “‘Cause he weak.’ This man is really a bully right here.”
This isn’t the first the 47-year-old has collaborated with his kids, as he worked with North on his first Vultures album in 2023. (She and sister Chicago also appeared in the music video for “Bomb,” a single on Vultures’ sequel record from last August.)
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And just days before he released his new work with Saint, Kanye shared his latest track with North: “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine.” In addition to his daughter, the song features Sean “Diddy” Combs, who’s currently incarcerated on charges related to sex trafficking. (He’s pleaded not guilty to all charges.)
Ahead of the project’s release, Kanye appeared to reveal Kim’s opposition to the collaboration. Sharing an alleged text conversation with his ex over her trademarking of North’s name—which he since deleted—a person purportedly Kim, wrote, “sent paper work over so she wouldn’t be in the Diddy song to protect her.”
However, Kayne had a fiery response. “Amend it or I’m going to war,” the text exchange read on his end. “And neither of us will recover from the public fallout. You’re going to have to kill me.”
A month prior, Kanye had also professed his support for Diddy (a.k.a, Puff Daddy) on X, writing, “FREE PUFF. PUFF WE LOVE YOU.”
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