Kim Kardashian has let it be known that she’s proud of her oldest daughter, North West, in the new digital issue of Complex.
With the 12-year-old prepping her debut album, The Elementary School Dropout, with her father and executive producer, Kanye West, Kardashian gushed about North’s musical growth in conversation with Complex editor-in-chief Aria Hughes.
North, whose joint TikTok account with her mother has a massive following of 20.8 million, recently performed with her dad in Mexico City. During the event, Kanye’s first concert in Mexico City since the 2008 Glow in the Dark Tour, North debuted new song "Piercing On My Hand," and performed ¥$ tracks "Talking" and "Bomb."
"She loves producing music and wanted to share it with the world and isn’t afraid if people will like it," the SKIMS founder told Hughes.
"She’s like her dad in that if she likes it, that’s enough for her, and she doesn't really care about outside opinions," Kardashian continued. "I’m proud of her for that, for releasing music, having fun with it, and doing it her own way."
Kardashian had a short-lived music career with 2011 song "Jam (Turn It Up)," and in 2024, the socialite remade holiday classic "Santa Baby," which was originated by late actor and singer Eartha Kitt.
In a 2023 interview with i-D, a then-10-year-old North said that her father’s breakout single "Through the Wire" was her favorite song by him, and shared her other career aspirations in addition to rapping.
"A basketball player, a rapper, um... Well, when I was seven, I wanted to be a boxer. But now I don’t want to be a boxer. I’m going to do art on the side," she said at the time. "When I’m, like, 13, I want to walk dogs, to make money to buy art supplies, because everything around here is so expensive. So a rapper, a basketball player, and I’m going to make artwork that I sell. Also, one day I want to own Yeezy and SKIMS, and I want to be a business owner."