<p id=”par-1_80″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/kanye-west/?swcfpc=1″>Kanye “Ye” West</a> and <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/tag/kim-kardashian/?swcfpc=1″>Kim Kardashian</a> are at odds in 2025. <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/kim-kardashian-determined-kanye-ye-west-removed-life-protect-kids-source-says.html/”>West took to X in March 2025 to criticize Kardashian</a> and claim he has the final say over his children as their father regarding what they can and cannot do. Now, rumors are swirling that Kardashian may seek full custody of her kids. Here’s what West once said about how he felt he could only protect his children by making as much money as Jay-Z or Sean “Diddy” Combs.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kanye-ye-west-talked-about-protecting-his-kids-by-making-as-much-money-as-jay-z-and-sean-diddy-combs”>Kanye ‘Ye’ West talked about protecting his kids by making as much money as Jay-Z and Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs</h2>
<p id=”par-2_64″>Kanye “Ye” West has <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/kim-kardashian-shared-protects-kids-stories-kanye-west.html/”>four kids with Kim Kardashian</a>: North, 11, Saint, 9, Chicago, 7, and Psalm, 5. He has a particularly close relationship with North, as she looks up to her father and his successful career. In 2014, West appeared in an interview for <a href=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeJcDPP_tQo” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>Hot 97</a> alongside Kardashian. He explained how fatherhood changed him, as Kardashian had their firstborn daughter in 2013. </p>
<p id=”par-3_60″>“What has changed me is I realized that in order to protect my daughter with the amount of influence that we have, the amount of paparazzi that we have, that I got to turn up,” West explained. “I got to get my money up to another level. ‘Cause it ain’t on Jay-Z level. It ain’t on Diddy level — yet.”</p>
<p id=”par-4_49″><a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/diddy-tells-kanye-west-imprisonment-wicked-phone-call.html/”>West maintains a close relationship with Sean “Diddy” Combs</a> despite the allegations against Combs that have put him behind bars. A recent phone call between the rapper and the hip-hop mogul shows West taking advice from Combs. Combs thanked West for caring for his kids in his absence. </p>
<p id=”par-5_46″>As for Jay-Z, West and the rapper are no longer friends, though they once were close. In a March 2025 X rant, Combs made derogatory comments about Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s kids. He also called out <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/kanye-ye-west-says-jay-z-beyonce-helped-gain-leverage-kids.html/”>Jay-Z for not helping him get “leverage” with his kids</a>. </p>
<p id=”par-6_101″>“I love Jay-Z and I do feel bad,” West posted in a now-deleted all-caps rant on X. “I always felt like the black sheep like I wanted family in this music s***. I’d run on stages thinking I was doing the right thing and would always be a slight hov [sic] not coming to my first wedding him putting Kendrick on the Super Bowl over me or even us never being being invited to s***, taking jabs about my red hat on <em>Donda</em>, I felt like both him and his wife could have helped me have more leverage with my kids ….”</p>
<p id=”par-7_44″>During the interview with Hot 97, West didn’t have the money he wished he had. However, in another rant in 2025, he called himself a “billionaire.” West also claimed that his wife, Bianca Censori, would never want to leave him because of his wealth.</p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-kanye-ye-west-s-ex-girlfriend-said-the-rapper-started-having-children-because-of-jay-z”>Kanye ‘Ye’ West’s ex-girlfriend said the rapper started having children because of Jay-Z</h2>
<figure class=”wp-block-image size-full” id=”emb-1″><img decoding=”async” src=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Jay-Z-Kanye-West.webp?strip=all&quality=80″ alt=”Jay-Z and Kanye ‘Ye’ West standing together and smiling in 2004″ class=”wp-image-3791280″><figcaption class=”wp-element-caption”>Jay-Z and Kanye ‘Ye’ West arrive for the world premiere of concert film Jay-Z ‘Fade to Black’ in 2004 | Frank Micelotta/Getty Images</figcaption></figure>
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<p id=”par-8_48″>Jay-Z and Beyoncé have seemingly lost all respect for Kanye “Ye” West after he criticized their twins on X. However Jay-Z and West were once close. West’s ex-girlfriend, Brooke Crittendon, whom he dated from 2004 to 2006, said <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/kanye-wests-ex-says-started-kids-taking-cues-jay-z-ex-said.html/”>West wanted kids after he saw Jay-Z starting a family</a>.</p>
<p id=”par-9_35″>“He admires Jay-Z, and they are very close,” Crittendon told The Sun in early 2013, according to <a href=”https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kanye-west-ex-kim-kardashian-relationship_n_2516656″ target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>HuffPost</a>. “Over the years Jay has been a role model for him, and he ultimately takes cues from him.”</p>
<p id=”par-10_27″>Jay-Z and Beyoncé had their first daughter, Blue Ivy Carter, in January 2012. Kim Kardashian and West had their first daughter, North West, in June 2013. </p>
<h2 class=”wp-block-heading” id=”h-dr-phil-says-ye-and-kim-kardashian-could-possibly-lose-custody-of-their-kids”>Dr. Phil says Ye and Kim Kardashian could possibly lose custody of their kids</h2>
<p id=”par-11_56″>Kim Kardashian and Kanye “Ye” West may enter a legal battle over their kids. Given West’s hateful rants on X and online attack on Kardashian, Kardashian might potentially seek full custody of their four children. However, TV personality Dr. Phil McGraw warns that <a href=”https://www.cheatsheet.com/news/kanye-ye-west-kim-kardashians-kids-could-end-foster-care-dr-phil-explains.html/”>the couple could lose custody of their kids</a> if their conflict continues. </p>
<p id=”par-12_90″>“What we do not want is for these children to wind up in foster care,” McGraw says on <a href=”https://www.tmz.com/2025/03/26/dr-phil-kim-kardashian-could-lose-custody-kanye-court-danger-kids/” target=”_blank” rel=”noreferrer noopener”>TMZ’s</a> <em>2 Angry Men </em>podcast, “because that system is broken. … And you think, ‘Well with this kind of money, they’re not going to wind up in foster care.’ That’s wrong. If DCF gets involved and thinks one parent is not reacting and the other parent is unstable, they will take them. Now, they’re likely to put them with a family member rather than strangers. But, you don’t want these children hung out to dry.”</p>
<p id=”par-13_26″>McGraw notes that West shows “troubling” behavior online. “This isn’t even a close call that she could lose custody of these children,” the TV personality continues.</p>
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