Ye (formerly Kanye West) made his return to the stage with his first stadium performance in nearly five years on Wednesday night, as the embattled Chicago native took over SoFi Stadium for the first of two shows on the docket.
Yeezy took fans on a journey from The College Dropout to Bully with a hit-filled 30-plus-track setlist, and surprised the more than 60,000 fans packing out SoFi with a couple of special guests, as Don Toliver and his daughter North West made appearances.
Following “Heartless,” Don Toliver popped out in an all-white fit and stood beside Ye on the global sphere stage contraption at the center of SoFi Stadium. “My man’s getting flee in here tonight, what we doing Ye?” the Houston native asked.
They moved into Donda standout “Moon” and then Toliver took over to perform his OCTANE opener “E85” solo, which had the crowd in a frenzy. Toliver also appeared on “Circles” from West’s latest Bully offering.
West ran back a few Bully tracks for a second time, including fan-favorite “All the Love” with Andre Troutman, and then his eldest daughter, North West, appeared in blue hair and a Black Bully shirt from the darkness on top of the stage alongside her father.
North impressed while performing her memorable assist on Vultures cut “Talking,” and showed off what she’s been working on when it comes to her solo work with a performance of “Piercing on My Hand.” The 12-year-old is preparing to release her solo debut album and has been honing her craft as a producer.
Ye will run it back for round two at SoFi on Friday night (April 3) and fans are anticipating more guest appearances. There’s been speculation that Travis Scott could show up for the live debut performance of Bully‘s “Father” track.
Following the arrival of Bully, Yeezy appears to be lining up performances across the globe, including three nights of headlining at Wireless Fest in London from July 10 through July 12. The return to Finsbury Park will mark his first since 2014. Ye also has another show scheduled in Italy about a week later this summer.
