Kanye West Makes Grammys Return for the First Time in 10 Years with Naked Wife Bianca Censori

The rapper was nominated in the best rap song category for “Carnival” off his album Vultures 1

By Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her work has previously appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, Vogue and more.

Published on February 2, 2025 07:10PM EST

Kanye West made a surprise return to the 2025 Grammy Awards.

During the Sunday, Feb. 2 event at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the rapper, 47, made an appearance on the red carpet with his naked wife Bianca Censori.

West, who was nominated in the best rap song category for “Carnival” off his album Vultures 1, appeared on the carpet in a monochrome look — sporting a black T-shirt and black trousers — while the model, 30, sported a nearly nude mini dress.

The Yeezy founder last appeared at the Grammys in 2015, where he was nominated for best rap/sung collaboration and best rap song for “Bound 2” from his 2013 LP Yeezus. 

At the awards show, which was six years since his last appearance, he took the stage to sing “Only One,” a song he wrote for his daughter, North, and late mom, Donda.

The “Runaway” musician collaborated with Paul McCartney on a song that he said was “my mom singing to me, and through me, to my daughter.”

During the 2015 Grammys, he also took the stage to perform “FourFiveSeconds” with the former Beatle, 82, and Rihanna.

Just days before the event, the trio dropped the video for “FourFiveSeconds.”

The black-and-white clip, directed by Inez & Vinoodh, featured the trio decked in full-on denim, with the “Diamonds” hitmaker and West singing while McCartney strummed an acoustic guitar.

Last month, the “Gold Digger” artist shared a handful of posts on Instagram, including one featuring his daughter, 11, whom he shares with ex Kim Kardashian, along with Saint, 9, daughter Chicago, 7, and son Psalm, 5. 

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This little girl made me love music again 🥲,” Kanye captioned the post, sharing a black-and-white photo in the studio of his daughter in a striped sweatshirt, jorts and fur boots with a keyboard in the backdrop.

“She asked me to make beats for her I got back on the ASR Chopped up beats for her album and chopped every beats with my bare hand for BULLY,” he wrote, appearing to refer to his own album in the works, Bully.

The Grammys are broadcasting live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on CBS or stream them live and on-demand on Paramount+.