This weekend, Kanye West returned to Chicago for his first hometown sets since 2021. After numerous international show cancellations, a ban from the UK, and allegations that his most recent album, Bully, was made with AI, Ye’s homecoming marked one of his most highly anticipated performances in years.
Among the first night’s guests were Big Sean, whom Ye signed to his G.O.O.D. Music label in 2007. (The two later had a falling-out.) The duo performed their 2012 track “Clique,” before Sean rapped his solo hit “IDFWU.” Later, they were joined by 2 Chainz for “Mercy.” Future also popped out toward the end of the night, performing his tracks “Keep it Burnin” and “Fuck Up Some Commas.” But Chicago locals were likely the most excited for Twista, a Windy City legend who appeared on some of Ye’s earliest hits. Together, the pair performed their collaborations “Overnight Celebrity,” from Twista’s 2004 LP Kamikaze, and “Slow Jamz” from The College Dropout.
Night Two saw the return of Sean and Twista, along with new guests Young Thug, Common, Travis Scott, Don Tolliver, GLC, Consequence, Lupe Fiasco, Kid Cudi, and more. Check out the full set list and clips from both nights below.
Ye put on his first U.S. show in five years at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium in April, and has slowly returned to performing stateside in the months since. He’s recently held shows in Tampa, San Antonio, and New Orleans. Internationally, a number of shows on this tour—including dates in London, Marseille, Prague, and Chorzów, Poland—have been cancelled over his long history of antisemitic remarks.
Revisit Sam Goldner’s live review Kanye West Wades Through the Fog at SoFi Stadium.