Kanye West Cries Out, "Where Are My Friends?" Amid Custody Heartache With Kim Kardashian

Kanye West took to his preferred stage, the internet, to vent some personal grievances. In a series of honest tweets, the 46-year-old artist and cultural lightning rod shared details of his co-parenting struggle with Kim Kardashian. It made an emotional plea to his compatriots of celebrities.

It wasn't a regular Ye outburst, but this time, the tone was one of heartbreak, almost desperation. His target is not just Kim but also the silence of the A-list world he has been a part of for so long.

"Why is the world not on top of this?" "Jay Z, Beyoncé, Travis, Rihanna, Trey, Kim, I used to love the world, trump was just a […] all y'all stop acting like you like my damn kids…, all y'all had y'all hands in it…, all y'all trick ass d—t b—s," he wrote. Fragmented and hopeless, the message reads not so much as a callout, perhaps as a cry for help to an artist who felt abandoned by his friends at a time of profound emotional pain.

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Kanye is distraught again over his lack of access to his children, primarily Saint. "I HAVE NT SEEN SAINT THIS YEAR," he wrote in all caps, shouting into the digital void, reaching out to anyone who could hear.

He also expressed worry about his daughter North, who had made an obvious appearance at Coachella. "As a Dad, I just sat there in disbelief 11 years old with makeup," he posted, along with a picture of his daughter that made him uncomfortable. This isn't the first time he has publicly pushed back on what he sees as a wrong way to raise his kids, but this time, the cut was felt more acutely. It's a little less performative, a bit more pleading.

For all Kanye's faults, and yes, he's displayed them, this thread felt like a man peeling away, with no dramatics or bravado to hide behind for protection. It was raw, messy, and human.

Take away the Sunday Services, the Yeezy hysteria, and the MAGA hat moments: You have a father in pain, ignored and removed. Kanye West, who used to be seen side by side with the heavyweights of music, fashion, and politics, now appears to stand alone, proffering to those very people a request for them to express themselves.

In a world where everything is a headline and every human emotion is up for debate, who is anyone when the camera's not there to catch them? For Ye, it seems that question remains unanswered.

You may see him as a misunderstood genius or tabloid tornado, but ignoring the pain creeping behind his posts is difficult. And in his own words, what he wants most isn't encouragement from fans or pity from strangers. He wants his kids and wants to be a dad. And perhaps, he wants to be heard by the very people who were once his family.