Kanye West had quite the weekend, battling it out with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian over his access to their four children.
The 44-year-old hip hop mogul was spotted out on Sunday night in West Hollywood, after the proverbial throw-down with Kim, wearing an attention grabbing face-covering balaclava.
Kim and Kanye’s daughter Chicago celebrated her fourth birthday party on Saturday at an over-the-top joint birthday party with cousin Stormi which was gate-crashed by the rapper.
Awkward exes: Kanye West was spotted Sunday wearing a full black balaclava and an all-black ensemble by Virgil Abloh, following a tense weekend with Kim Kardashian where he accused her of barring him from their daughter’s birthday
While heading out in Hollywood, Kanye seemingly wanted to go incognito by completely obscuring his face with a black mask but the bizarre look ended up making him stand out.
The billionaire wore head-to-toe black in an ensemble crafted by late Louis Vuitton artistic director Virgil Abloh.
Kanye rocked a black hoodie by Abloh with white wording covered by a swipe of orange paint paired with leather moto pants and knee high leather moto boots.
His outing comes after a tense weekend with ex-Kim Kardashian over his claim she failed to include him in their daughter Chicago’s birthday plans.
Statement: While heading out in Hollywood, Kanye seemingly wanted to go incognito by completely obscuring his face with a black mask but the bizarre look ended up making him stand out
Kim is seemingly trying to distract from the tension with her soon-to-be former husband with a new set of bikini clad snaps from her recent vacation to the Bahamas with Pete Davidson.
‘Mother Nature,’ the Skims mogul captioned a carousel of pictures wearing a skimpy white string bikini.
Kim spent the weekend lavishing her daughter Chicago and niece Stormi with a massive birthday party, however, despite the fun bash, there was a lot of public drama with Kanye.
I wasn’t allowed to know where her party was’: His outing comes after a tense weekend with ex-Kim Kardashian over his claim that she failed to include him in their daughter Chicago’s birthday plans and refused to give him the address
‘I’m just wishing my daughter a public happy birthday. I wasn’t allowed to know where her party was,’ Kanye said in a video. ‘There’s nothing legal that saying that this is the kind of games that’s being played, it’s the kind of thing that really has affected my health for the longest and I’m just not playing, I’m taking control of my narrative this year.
‘I was supposed to be in Miami recording my album. My whole schedule is all based around on me being able to take my kids to school, me being there for them, making sure that I’m in their life, that’s the whole point, I have the money they take so many fathers just throughout America, they’ve been taking the fathers out of homes purposely so I’m speaking up, I’m using my voice to say, “This ain’t going to keep happening, this narrative and that… happened.”
‘It’s a lot of people that’s not in a position where they ain’t got no voice when people be playing games like this, baby mamas be playing games, the grandmas will be playing games like this, and it’s like as y’all know, that ain’t going to play like that with me.’
He was later seen at the over-the-top Barbie and LOL Doll themed event standing near Kris Jenner and, at one point, holding up Chicago while she smacked a pink number ‘4’ pinata.
In a subsequent video, Kanye seemed to have gotten over his hurt feelings about ot being invited, thanking Travis Scott for providing him with the address.
Nothing to see here: Kim attempted to distract fans from the Kanye of it all on Monday by posting a handful of snaps from her recent Caribbean vacation with beau Pete Davidson
He said, she said: Insiders claim that Kim was shocked to hear of Kanye’s video rant about being banned from the party and had understood that she and Ye were supposed to have thrown separate events for their daughter
‘I’m so happy right now, I just came from Chi’s party,’ Kanye said in the clip. ‘I just gotta shout out to Travis Scott for sending me the address and the time and making sure that I was able to spend that birthday memory with my daughter and to be there with the rest of the family.’
The Flashing Lights hitmaker shares Chicago and with daughter North, eight, and sons Saint, six, and Psalm, two, with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian, 41.
The Grammy Award winner mentioned seeing a few members of the Kardashian-Jenner clan, but did not name Kim specifically.
‘I saw everybody, it was you know, Kris, Corey and Kylie… Kylie let me in right when I got to the spot because the security stopped me once again when I got there,’ he said.
‘I’m so happy right now, I just came from Chi’s party,’ Kanye said in the clip. ‘I just gotta shout out to Travis Scott for sending me the address and the time and making sure that I was able to spend that birthday memory with my daughter and to be there with the rest of the family,’ Kanye said in a subsequent video after finally arriving
‘And you know, it’s just a matter of having a conversation, open dialogue, and everyone just had a great time.
‘I’m just really happy that I could be there for my children and I just want to thank everyone for their support in the situation. Letting me just calmly and legally take control of my narrative.’
The Atlanta native concluded his video by emphasizing his dedication to his children.
‘I know we disagree and people have different opinions on a lot of different things that I do but with this one, this is my main focus. My life centers around my children and I just had a great time today,’ he said.
This comes after reports that things were so tense between Kanye and Kim that the parents had to stay at ‘opposite sides’ of the party.
‘He seemed okay once he started talking to the family and was in great spirits laughing and playing with Chicago, it seems he just wanted to be involved in her day and didn’t want to cause trouble,’ a source told The Sun
‘Mr. West being kept from the children, by security or anyone else, is news to us. Both parties’ priority has always been the children maintaining strong bonds with each of their parents throughout this transition and beyond,’ Kim’s divorce lawyer told Page Six
Though there reportedly was no ‘scene’ between the divorcing couple, a source told The Sun on Sunday that they kept their distance throughout the party. According to the source, Kanye arrived at the party in a frenzy.
‘When he finally got the address he arrived like a bat out of hell in a rental car around 1 p.m., driving himself without any security,’ they shared.
Despite his apparent anger in his self-shot video, he apparently put that aside once he was with his children.
‘He seemed okay once he started talking to the family and was in great spirits laughing and playing with Chicago, it seems he just wanted to be involved in her day and didn’t want to cause trouble,’ they continued.
According to insiders, Kim and Kanye had actually planned on having two separate parties for their daughter.
The Wests: The Flashing Lights hitmaker shares Chicago and with daughter North, eight, and sons Saint, six, and Psalm, two, with his estranged wife Kim Kardashian, 41
Kanye was set to have his party Saturday at 4PM. However, it was news to Kim and the rest of the family that he had made a video alleging he had not been invited.
The insider says the invite allegations were untrue, and Kanye was given the information about the second party once he decided to come.
Kardashian didn’t publicly respond to the drama on social media, where she uploaded a sweet birthday tribute to her little girl and documented the party throughout the day.
In a statement to Page Six, Kim’s divorce lawyer Laura Wasser shutdown any notion that the children are being ‘kept’ from Kanye.
‘Mr. West being kept from the children, by security or anyone else, is news to us. Both parties’ priority has always been the children maintaining strong bonds with each of their parents throughout this transition and beyond,’ the statement read.
Happier times: Kim and Kanye tied the knot at a lavish wedding in Italy back in 2014 (Pictured in 2020)
