North West (born June 15, 2013) is an American singer, rapper and actress. She is the eldest child of rapperKanye West and media personalityKim Kardashian. West appeared in the music video for her father's 2014 single "Only One", and made several appearances onKeeping Up with the Kardashians along with her mother.

As a child actress, West made her film debut as the voice of Mini inPaw Patrol: The Mighty Movie in 2023.^[2] In 2024, she performed "I Just Can't Wait to Be King" at theHollywood Bowl'sThe Lion King 30th Anniversary – A Live-to-Film Concert Event. In February of that year, she made her recording debut on¥$'s single "Talking / Once Again",^[3] which peaked at number 30 on theBillboard Hot 100. She also appeared on the duo's 2024 song "Bomb" alongside her sister Chicago, as well asFKA Twigs's "Childlike Things", where she performed in Japanese on both songs.^[4]

North West was born on June 15, 2013, atCedars-Sinai Medical Center inLos Angeles, California, toKanye West andKim Kardashian.^[5] At the moment, Kanye wasDJing, and North was born while "Bohemian Rhapsody" byQueen was played.^[6] North's maternal aunts and uncle areKourtney Kardashian,Khloé Kardashian, andRob Kardashian, and her maternal half-aunts areKendall andKylie Jenner.^[7] West's parents became engaged in October 2013, married in May 2014,^[8] separated in February 2021 followingKanye West's unsuccessful 2020 presidential run, and divorced in 2022,^[9] by which time North had two younger brothers and a younger sister.^[10] West's due date was July 12, 2013, which would have been the 64th birthday of Kanye's motherDonda West, and her early delivery meant she spent time in an incubator.^[11]

CBS News described her andPrince George of Wales as the two most famous babies in the world.^[12] Kim toldGQ that she and Kanye picked the name North after it was recommended byPharrell Williams andAnna Wintour.^[12] In January 2020, she used a video uploaded to Kylie'sYouTube account to state that the name North grew on her afterJay Leno jokingly suggested it while she was appearing onhis talk show.^[13]

West was baptised at theArmenian Apostolic Church at theCathedral of Saint James inJerusalem in April 2015 during a tour of theMiddle East,^[14] and attendedSierra Canyon School, which had previously been attended by Kendall and Kylie.^[15] Growing up, she was involved in a number of her parents' ventures. In January 2015, she appeared in the music video for Kanye's "Only One".^[16] In April 2016, Kardashian used an episode of her sister's chat showKocktails with Khloé to note that North had flushed aniPhone containing an early draft of Kanye's albumThe Life of Pablo down the toilet, leading Kanye to have to re-record it from scratch.^[17]

She made appearances on her family's programKeeping Up with the Kardashians.^[18] Aged five, she appeared on the cover ofWomen's Wear Daily's annual Beauty Inc. issue.^[19] In March 2023, Kim applied for several trademarks in North's name.^[20] In September 2023,^[21] North, Saint, and Kim voiced Mini, Meteor Max, and Delores inPaw Patrol: The Mighty Movie.^[22] In October 2023, by which time she had accompanied her mother to multiple events in Los Angeles and abroad, she gave a solo interview toi-D, in which she expressed several of her hopes and dreams.^[23]

By February 2024, aTikTok account North shared with her mother had accrued 18.3 million followers.^[24] That month, Kanye West released a video for "Talking / Once Again", a track by¥$, a supergroup comprising himself andTy Dolla Sign, which included a guest verse from North;^[25] upon release later that month as part of the group's albumVultures 1, North's contribution was noted byNME as a rare highlight from an otherwise relentlessly misogynistic album.^[26] Later that month, the song peaked at number 30 on theBillboard Hot 100,^[27] and she performed it atAccor Arena.^[28]

On March 10, West announced her debut albumElementary School Dropout, at a performance inArizona plugging ¥$'s second albumVultures 2;^[28] the title referenced Kanye's 2004 albumThe College Dropout.^[29] She then gave an interview to the then-thirteen-year-old Jazlyn ofJazzy's World TV atRolling Loud.^[28] In April 2024, ¥$ uploaded a second music video for the track, which had been co-directed and written by North, and featured scenes of her with Kanye and with a group of people her own age.^[30]

In May 2024, it was announced that she would perform at theHollywood Bowl'sThe Lion King 30th Anniversary – A Live-to-Film Concert Event later that month.Deadline Hollywood drew parallels with the then-recent announcement thatBlue Ivy Carter, a daughter ofBeyoncé andJay-Z, had been hired for a role inMufasa: The Lion King.^[31] For her performance of "I Just Can't Wait to Be King",^[32] West was outfitted by ERL Clothing, who put her in a yellow furry hooded sweatshirt with matching shorts, socks and furry slippers.^[33] Her performance was praised byJason Weaver,^[34] who provided the singing voice for that film's cubSimba;^[35] however, some social media commentators felt that West had only been hired due to her parents' fame.^[36] Her role was later defended by Kim on an episode ofThe Kardashians.^[a]

In August 2024, North and her sister Chicago were featured on the track "Bomb" from ¥$'s albumVultures 2, in which North rapped inJapanese.^[39] That October, she was interviewed byInterview, where she discussed Christianity and Japan.^[40] She then contributed a rap in Japanese to "Childlike Things" fromFKA Twigs's January 2025 albumEusexua.^[41] In a March 2025 video uploaded toInstagram, Twigs stated that she was inspired to include a child on the track as it used lyrics she had written when she was 12 or 13 and that she was specifically inspired to feature West after being struck by the confidence she exuded during an interview, having herself been very shy at that age.^[42] She also released a video for the track that month.^[43]

In March 2025, she featured on "Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine", a track Kanye uploaded toTwitter that featured Jasmine Williams,King Combs, and the latter's fatherSean Combs;^[44] the involvement of the last of these prompted Justin Curto ofVulture to describe the track as "one of the most problematic songs you could imagine", as Diddy had been imprisoned on federal sex-crime charges.^[45]Caitlin Moran ofThe Times described the collaboration as "in no way a useful career step for her" and criticised Kanye for using it to "continue his demented psychological warfare against his ex-wife — at the expense of their child".^[46] Prior to release, Kanye shared screenshots he claimed were between himself and Kim, which claimed that she had requested that North's trademark be signed over to her so she could block North's participation "to protect her";^[47] he later deleted both posts.^[45]Playboi Carti subsequently expressed interest in working with North^[48] and "Lonely Roads" later featured on Kanye and King's surprise EP,Never Stop.^[49]

West would preview her first solo single at Kanye West's Mexico City performance on January 30, 2026 titled "Piercing on My Hand" under the labelGamma, who had also signed Kanye in time for his upcoming albumBully. The track would later appear on streaming on February 5 that same year.

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