Kanye West dropped a new song on Saturday, seemingly featuring Sean “Diddy” Combs, his daughter North West, Diddy’s son King Combs and artist Jasmine William.
The controversial rapper shared the more than four-minute-long song titled “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine” on his X account. “LONELY ROADS STILL GO TO SUNSHINE new song by PUFF DADDY feat. His son KING COMBS my daughter NORTH WEST and new Yeezy artist from Chicago Jasmine William,” West wrote in the post.
The song appears to begin with a recording of a phone conversation between disgraced rapper Diddy and West. “I wanna just thank you so much for just taking care of my kids, man,” a voice believed to be Diddy can be heard saying. “Ain’t nobody reach out to them, ain’t nobody call them.”
West responds, “Absolutely, I love you so much, man. You raised me. Even when I ain’t know you, know what I’m saying?”
Elsewhere in the song, North appears to rap, “Doing everything I wanted, that’s the key to life / When you see me shining, then you see the light.”
TMZ also reported that West shared screenshots of a text conversation between himself and North’s mother Kim Kardashian, which have since been deleted from the rapper’s X account. In the text exchange, Kardashian allegedly told West that she trademarked their 11-year-old daughter’s name in an attempt to stop “Lonely Roads Still Go to Sunshine” from being released to the public.
“I asked you at the time if I can trademark her name. You said yes. When she’s 18, it goes to her. So stop,” Kardashian wrote, according to TMZ. “I sent paperwork over so she wouldn’t be in the Diddy song to protect her. One person has to trademark!”
She added, “We agreed when they were both i would get all of our kids names and trademarks So no one else would take them.”
West responded, “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 Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Kardashian’s rep for comment.
Combs was indicted in September last year on charges of sex trafficking, racketeering and transportation to engage in prostitution. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and is currently in jail awaiting trial, which is set to begin in May.
West, who has been criticized recently for his hate-filled rants on social media and for selling a T-shirt with a Nazi swastika on the front, has previously defended Combs, stating that the rapper should be freed from prison. The pair collaborated on music earlier in their careers.