Kanye West flew from Tokyo to Beijing with his wife Bianca Censori on Wednesday night in preparation for his final listening party.
West and studio colleague Ty Dolla Sign will open the September 15 event in Haikou on behalf of their critically panned three-album project, Vultures.
Vultures II, the rappers’ second of three planned LPs, was released to little fanfare on August 3 and has since been subjected to brutal reviews. Vultures III has yet to receive a release date.
West, 47, is now in Japan with his wife, architect Bianca Censori, who has chosen not to wear see-through clothing, or even any clothing at all, at security checkpoints at Tokyo International Airport.
Instead, she wore a strikingly conventional cream-colored top and matching cycling shorts, paired with a casual cap and low-heeled shoes.
Kanye West was joined by his wife Bianca Censori on Wednesday night as he flew from Tokyo to Beijing in preparation for his final listening party
Censori, who opted not to wear see-through clothing – or even any clothing at all – during security checkpoint at Tokyo International Airport with West
Censori wore a surprisingly conventional cream top and matching cycling shorts, paired with a casual cap and kitten heel shoes
Censori, 29, waited with her fellow travelers in the lengthening line as she prepared to board a flight to Beijing with her rapper husband and his businessman friend, Ben Priest.
West was last seen attacking Adidas and then giving a shout-out to fellow rapper Drake during his Vultures 2 show in South Korea on August 23.
Before performing his 2007 song I Wonder, the father of four said, “This is one for Drake.”
Later in the evening he chanted ‘f**k Adidas’ and encouraged the crowd to join in with him, before playing Can’t Tell Me Nothing, another hit from his third studio album, Graduation.
The rapper’s contentious relationship with Adidas, the manufacturer of his Yeezy shoes, is well-documented.
The German sportswear giant ended its partnership with West after a series of controversial events, including his decision to wear a top with the words “White Lives Matter” during Paris Fashion Week in 2022.
In February, a source revealed to DailyMail.com that West’s ex-wife Kim Kardashian had asked him to make sure Censori covered up around their children.
‘Kim instructed Kanye to never let Bianca dress like that around their kids. She’s honestly surprised Kanye would let his wife leave the house like that.’
West will kick off a Vultures listening party in Haikou on September 15 in honor of his critically-criticized three-album Vultures project, a collaboration with Ty Dolla Sign
West’s latest sighting comes after he took a swipe at Adidas before giving fellow rapper Drake a shout-out during his Vultures 2 show in South Korea on August 23
Censori has built a notorious reputation for wearing as little as possible during her numerous public appearances with West (pictured during Milan Fashion Week in February 2024)
“Kanye did the same thing he did to Bianca to Kim during their wedding. The difference is that when Kanye dressed Kim, he was respected as a person – as an artist.”
Of Censori’s decision to wear very little in public, Mark Borkowski, perhaps Britain’s leading PR guru, told MailOnline: ‘Where does it end? She’s clearly very comfortable with her public image and is showing that with this extreme fashion statement.
“I can only think that this is a deliberate act. It feels like a desperate attempt at publicity. It feels like a living embodiment of the Empress with no clothes on.”