We have Kim Kardashian and daughter North to thank for the new and improved Kanye West.
Kanye West and Kim Kardashian arrive to Soho House New York on November 6, 2014 in New York City (Getty)
“I’ve definitely learned how to compromise more,” the rapper said on Thursday’s “The Ellen DeGeneres Show,” reflecting on his marriage to his reality star wife and his life as a dad. “Which is something you have to understand when you partner with people in business.”
“I’ve learned how to shut up more. Yeah, I think I’m a better human being because of her, and because of my daughter,” he said referring to a photo of Kim and their 19-month-old daughter.
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Kanye went on to explain the changes he’s undergone recently.
“I always have someone to think about going home to,” he told Ellen. “And, you know, something for me to be brave for what I want to do for humanity, but also to be more protective of myself for my family too. Cause there are things I’ve done in the past that were considered negative, but I was really jumping in front of the tank for other people or for culture in a way, so now I always have to have that in my mind that I have a family that I have to protect too.”
“You don’t seem like, angry… And I think your emotions are grounded in a way that they come out in protection and love… They’re channeled in a different way,” Ellen noted.
North West seen on Instagram on November 29, 2014 (Instagram)
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“I think I was going through my version of my terrible twos,” the rapper said. “My daughter, she wants to express herself, and she just doesn’t have the words for it. And for me, there was so many things I wanted to do with film and clothing, and I just didn’t have the words or the resources or the backing or the perception that I could do it being that I was a rapper.”
Adding, “The definition of crazy is trying to do the same thing and expecting a different result. So I tried something different over the past couple of years and I actually got some really good results from it too.”
— Jesse Spero
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