Kanye West is still staying overseas as 2025 kicks off.
The rapper and designer was last seen in Dubai a week ago after spending time in the Maldives, Japan and China with his wife Bianca Censori for the past four months.
This comes at a tough time for his family.
His ex-wife Kim Kardashian and their four young children – North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm – all had to evacuate their Hidden Hills, California mansion after the Kenneth Fire threatened to burn it down.
While leaving her residence, Kim spoke out on social media. The reality TV siren, 44, thanks prisoners who helped fight the fires while donating money to feed firefighters.
Kanye does not seem to have seen his children in at least 118 days. The last time he saw his kids was in September 2024 when they performed together at a Vultures 2 listening event in Haikou, China.
Kanye West is still staying overseas as 2025 kicks off. The rapper was last seen in Dubai a week ago after spending time in Japan and China with his wife Bianca Censori for the past four months
This comes at a tough time for his family. His ex-wife Kim Kardashian and their four young children – North, Saint, Chicago and Psalm – all had to evacuate their Hidden Hills, California mansion after the Kenneth Fire threatened to burn it down
DailyMail.com has reached out to West’s representative for comment.
Though Kanye may be staying in touch with his children by phone and Facetime, there is no evidence of that.
Meanwhile, West continues to roll out the birthday celebrations for his wife Censori, who turned 30 recently.
They were last seen on January 6 on their romantic getaway to Dubai.
After ringing in her milestone birthday with a wild disco party, in which the couple were recorded passionately kissing on the dance floor, the architect was treated to another surprise.
In footage, shared on X, the model was seen carrying a huge bouquet of flowers in what appeared to be a rooftop restaurant while out with her mom and dad, Alexandra and Elia ‘Leo’ Censori, who live in Alphington, Australia.
‘Ye gifting Bianca some flowers in the presence of her parents❤️,’ the fan captioned the 19-second video, which received more than 21,000 views on Tuesday.
The couple’s latest sighting together comes after a raunchy recording of them went viral from her birthday bash.
In the clip, Censori could be seen wrapping her legs around her man’s waist as they got down on the dance floor.
Ye gifting Bianca some flowers in the presence of her parents❤️ https://t.co/0MyqJFTpkV pic.twitter.com/km4ZbW7Vrk
— Ye Bianca (@YeandBianca) January 7, 2025
In addition to her husband, the birthday girl was also seen dancing with actress Penélope Cruz.
She and the 50-year-old Oscar winner were seen shimmying and grinding against against each other in a video that Kanye shared to his Instagram account before quickly deleting it.
Things heated up as they got close and rubbed their chests against together while gyrating, before both separated and put on a show by dancing for each other.
She and Penelope were pictured writhing on the dance floor together, lost in the rhythm of Azealia Banks’ party hit 212.
In addition to the steamy dancing clip, Kanye also posted a sultry video of his wife bathing in the nude.
‘happy birthday baby,’ he captioned the video.
After ringing in her milestone birthday with a wild disco party, in which the couple were recorded passionately kissing on the dance floor, the architect was treated to another surprise
Meanwhile, Kim gave a special shout out to incarcerated firefighters who are battling the devastating fires.
She shared a message on her Instagram stories on Saturday as blazes continue to rage.
The catastrophic infernos – including the Pacific Palisades Fire and Eaton Fire – sparked up last week amid strong winds, with the death toll rising to 24 as of Monday.
She penned, ‘I have spent the last week watching my city burning. And have seen and spoken to many firefighters who are up all night long using every ounce of their strength to save our community.’
‘Thank you to @calfire la County Fire and Los Angeles City Fire for everything you are doing to save lives, homes and property.’
In another slide, the reality star added, ‘On all 5 fires in Los Angeles, there are hundreds of incarcerated firefighters, risking their lives to save us.’
Kardashian, 44, gave a special shout out to incarcerated firefighters who are battling the devastating wildfires spread throughout Southern California; seen in September 2024 in NYC
‘Thank you to @calfire la County Fire and Los Angeles City Fire for everything you are doing to save lives, homes and property,’ she wrote; firefighters seen in Pacific Palisades on Friday
Kardashian said that they are ‘working 24 hour shifts’ on both the Palisades and Eaton Fires.
‘They get paid almost nothing, risk their lives, some have died, to prove to the community that they have changed and are now first responders. I see them as heroes.’
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She explained to her followers that incarcerated firefighters have been paid $1 an hour since 1984 ‘to risk their lives.’
‘It has never been raised with inflation,’ Kim pointed out. ‘It’s never been raised when fires got worse and many died.’
‘This year there was an agreement to raise the incarcerated firefighter pay to $5/hour, but it got shot down last minute.’
Kardashian then referenced to California Governor, Gavin Newson, and wrote, ‘I am urging @cagovernor to do what no Governor has done in 4 decades…’
‘And raise the incarcerated firefighter pay to a rate that honors a human being risking their life to save our lives and homes.’
Lastly, the mother-of-four also sent her gratitude to the firefighters who helped save her community which had been threatened by the Kenneth Fire which began on Thursday.
The TV personality shared the message to her Instagram stories on Saturday as blazes continue to rage
Kim and her family had been evacuated from their Calabasas and Hidden Hills mansions due to the blaze – but the evacuation orders were later lifted.
The Kenneth Fire is now 80% contained, and an arson suspect was arrested this week – prompting Khloe Kardashian to give her furious reaction on social media.
‘I want to thank the firefighters from the @calfire Ventura Training Center for saving my community when it started burning this week,’ Kim wrote.
‘These are all FORMERLY incarcerated firefighters who have come home, and want to continue serving our community as firefighters.’
She expressed that, ‘Due to bills passed by @antirecidivismcoalition, these guys can now get their sentences reduced, expunging the felonies from their records for their fire service.’
In conclusion, Kim added, ‘And when they come home can get six figure jobs working for the fire departments.’
The SKIMS founder has often spoken out and been an activist for criminal justice reform over the years.
In August 2024, she was joined by sister Kendall Jenner to visit incarcerated firefighters of the Pine Grove and Growlersberg Fire Camps.
Kim and her family had been evacuated from their Calabasas and Hidden Hills mansions due to the blaze – but the evacuation orders were later lifted; seen in 2018 in Santa Monica
In August 2024, she was joined by sister Kendall Jenner to visit incarcerated firefighters of the Pine Grove and Growlersberg Fire Camps
Along with sharing photos from the visit, Kim wrote about meeting the ‘incredible’ incarcerated firefighters who are ‘working so hard at fighting these California fires.’
A brush fire that erupted in West Hills on Thursday afternoon is now fully contained, according to Cal Fire.
The Kenneth Fire burned 1,052 acres in Los Angeles and Ventura counties.
Firefighters worked to put out the remaining hot spots and prevent flare ups before gusty winds return this week.
On Sunday, officials said the fire was 100% contained.