Kanye West’s Fatherhood Quotes: I Have ‘Special People to Live for’

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Kanye West's Fatherhood Quotes: I Have 'Special People to Live for'

Fond of fatherhood! Kanye West became a dad in 2013 when Kim Kardashian  gave birth to their daughter, North, and has voiced the joy he's experienced as a parent ever since. Saint arrived in 2015, followed by Chicago in 2018, and the rapper and Us Weekly broke the news in January 2019 that the reality star are expecting a fourth child via surrogate. The little one, Psalm, was born on May 9, weighing 6 pounds and 9 ounces. Less than two years after Psalm’s arrival, Us confirmed that Kardashian and West were on the rocks. She filed for divorce in February 2021 after six years of marriage. While the rapper has stayed pretty private about his relationship with his little ones, the KKW Beauty creator has always had plenty to say about the babies in her brood whether she’s giving candid confessions about the “stress” she feels before baby No. 4’s arrival or sharing funny stories about her son’s reactions to her revealing outfits. “My son is actually so overprotective of what I wear,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star told Us exclusively in April 2019. “If I wear anything too sexy, he’ll run up to me and go, ‘Mom! Cover! Mom! Take that off! Take that off!’ He’ll just start screaming at me if my chest is out, or my legs are out, or if I’m wearing a short dress — forget about it. He’ll run over a blanket to me.” [jwplayer B9iVsY29-zhNYySv2] The Selfish author, who began living separately from the Grammy winner in 2020, added: “I’ve never seen someone so overprotective, and at 3 years old you would think he’d have no idea. Or he’ll just be like, ‘Mom, that looks good. You can wear that.’ He’s so opinionated that it’s so funny.” She went on to say that she and West play a major part in their kids’ wardrobes. “We make all of the kids’ clothes,” Kardashian told Us at the time. “It’s so much fun for me to see how North’s personal style is evolving and what she’s into. She fully picks out her outfits!”  Even though the makeup mogul definitely dishes about her children more than her husband does, the “I Love It” rapper has said a mixture of sweet and relatable things about his little ones over the years. Keep scrolling to take a look at West’s fatherhood quotes! [podcast_block]

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Kanye West's Fatherhood Quotes: I Have 'Special People to Live for'

Fond of fatherhood! Kanye West became a dad in 2013 when Kim Kardashian  gave birth to their daughter, North, and has voiced the joy he's experienced as a parent ever since. Saint arrived in 2015, followed by Chicago in 2018, and the rapper and Us Weekly broke the news in January 2019 that the reality star are expecting a fourth child via surrogate. The little one, Psalm, was born on May 9, weighing 6 pounds and 9 ounces. Less than two years after Psalm’s arrival, Us confirmed that Kardashian and West were on the rocks. She filed for divorce in February 2021 after six years of marriage. While the rapper has stayed pretty private about his relationship with his little ones, the KKW Beauty creator has always had plenty to say about the babies in her brood whether she’s giving candid confessions about the “stress” she feels before baby No. 4’s arrival or sharing funny stories about her son’s reactions to her revealing outfits. “My son is actually so overprotective of what I wear,” the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star told Us exclusively in April 2019. “If I wear anything too sexy, he’ll run up to me and go, ‘Mom! Cover! Mom! Take that off! Take that off!’ He’ll just start screaming at me if my chest is out, or my legs are out, or if I’m wearing a short dress — forget about it. He’ll run over a blanket to me.” [jwplayer B9iVsY29-zhNYySv2] The Selfish author, who began living separately from the Grammy winner in 2020, added: “I’ve never seen someone so overprotective, and at 3 years old you would think he’d have no idea. Or he’ll just be like, ‘Mom, that looks good. You can wear that.’ He’s so opinionated that it’s so funny.” She went on to say that she and West play a major part in their kids’ wardrobes. “We make all of the kids’ clothes,” Kardashian told Us at the time. “It’s so much fun for me to see how North’s personal style is evolving and what she’s into. She fully picks out her outfits!”  Even though the makeup mogul definitely dishes about her children more than her husband does, the “I Love It” rapper has said a mixture of sweet and relatable things about his little ones over the years. Keep scrolling to take a look at West’s fatherhood quotes! [podcast_block]

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Bare Bones

“I would do anything to protect my child or my child’s mother. As simple as that," the musician said in a June 2013 New York Times interview.

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Honesty Hour

Too funny! "I'm supposed to be a musical genius, but I can't work the car seat that well," West said on the Kris Jenner Show in 2013.

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Finding Purpose

He also told Kris Jenner: "After I lost my mother, there was times I felt like, I would put my life at risk. I felt like sometimes I didn't have something to live for. Now I have two really special people [Kardashian and North] to live for."

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Perfect Pair

When asked about fatherhood in January 2015, West told Ellen DeGeneres, “I think I’m a better human being because of [Kardashian] and because of my daughter.”

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Role Model

"When I look in North's eyes, I'm happy about every mistake I've ever made. I'm happy that I fought to bring some type of reality to this world we choose to stay in right now, driven by brands and corporations," the wordsmith told Paper magazine in April 2015.

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Video Games

“This is my son [Saint’s] favorite character, Sonic,” West told Kid Cudi in a June 2020 video. “The animation style is so dope.”

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Looking Back

The rapper said Kardashian was “crying” when she found out about North’s pregnancy. During his first presidential rally in July 2020, West revealed, “We talked about her not having this child. … She brought North into the world even when I didn’t want to. She stood up and she protected that child."

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TikTok Tech

West had a “vision” while watching TikTok videos with North in August 2020, tweeting, "AS A CHRISTIAN FATHER I WAS DISTURBED BY A LOT OF THE CONTENT BUT I COMPLETELY LOVED THE TECHNOLOGY. WE PRAY WE CAN COLLABORATE WITH TIK TOK TO MAKE A CHRISTIAN MONITORED VERSION THAT FEELS SAFE FOR YOUNG CHILDREN AND THE WORLD IN JESUS NAME AMEN.”

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Favorite Role

"At the beginning, middle and the end of the day, I'm a dad,” West told Nick Cannon in a September 2020 interview. "I feel closer to God when I’m on my knees talking to my children. The lower we get, the closer we get to God. We are earth-bound creatures. We’re gravity-bound.”

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Making the World Better

"No matter what country in the world, whatever continent in the world, all of the moms and dads have something in common," West explained during an episode of “The Joe Rogan Podcast” in November 2020. "They want the world to be better for their children. We all want the world to be better for the children, and we can show ways that we are not at odds."

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Bright Spot

"My solace comes from seeing my kids and getting a solid schedule," West said during a January 2022 Hollywood Unlocked interview, noting that he is "still going to be the best father" amid his divorce.

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Ground Rules

“My children ain't going to be on TikTok without my permission,” West said in a January 2022 Hollywood Unlocked interview, nearly two months after his estranged wife made a joint account with North.

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Another One

West doubled down on his TikTok objections in February 2022, writing via Instagram: “SINCE THIS IS MY FIRST DIVORCE I NEED TO KNOW WHAT I SHOULD DO ABOUT MY DAUGHTER BEING PUT ON TIK TOK AGAINST MY WILL ?”

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Change of Heart

West posted throwback photos via Instagram in February 2022, writing, “GOD PLEASE BRING OUR FAMILY BACK TOGETHER.”

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Drawing a Line

West shared a text message from Kardashian’s boyfriend, Pete Davidson, via Instagram in February 2022, which read, “As a man, I’d never get [in the] way of your children. That’s a promise. How you guys [go about] raising your kids is your [business] and not mine. I do hope [one] day I can meet them and we [can] all be friends.”

The rapper captioned the screenshot: “NO YOU WILL NEVER MEET MY CHILDREN.”

Later that same week, West wrote in a since-deleted Instagram post that he was "NOT GIVING UP ON" his family and was “CRAZY ABOUT” his estranged wife and kids.

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Fire Captain West

West made headlines when he opted to bring his kids to school in a fire truck as a special surprise in fall 2021. The moment was documented on a May 2022 episode of The Kardashians.

“I think sometimes people are kind of bashful to be super dads,” he told the cameras while holding Chicago. “Everybody wants to be, like, the cool dad and sometimes you just gotta, like, wear the fire hat, you know what I mean? Sometimes you’ve got to wear the Easter Bunny costume.”

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Building a Legacy

“I really really care about building something that changes the world and something I can leave to my kids,” West wrote, in part, via Instagram in September 2022 amid a social media feud with Adidas. (The rapper’s Yeezy line was initially launched in collaboration with the athletic brand.)

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A System

“Even to this day, I’ll still give Kim advice on things that could help because that’s going to go to the kids,” West said on the "Alo Mind Full" podcast in September 2022. "She’s still got them 80 percent of the time, [to] raise those children. So what people saw when I was going back and forth is that I still have to be able to throw my version of what people would throw into the curriculum."