Daddy lessons.
Mathew Knowles is speaking out following Kanye West’s attack on his daughter Beyoncé and son-in-law Jay-Z’s children on social media.
Earlier this week, the disgraced rapper questioned the mental capacity of the couple’s 7-year-old twins, Rumi and Sir, and claimed they were conceived via in vitro fertilization (IVF) in a disturbing post shared on X.
Knowles, 73, who served as Bey’s manager in the early days of her career, believes that West (aka Ye), 47, will get his comeuppance.
“People pay a price for being stupid, especially in the music industry,” Knowles told TMZ on Friday.
Alluding to West’s increasingly unhinged behavior, Knowles added, “I’m hopeful Kanye gets the type of help he needs, in terms of mental health.”
Knowles’ comments arrived on the heels of his ex-wife Tina Knowles sharing a video on Instagram Wednesday that was widely viewed to be a thinly-veiled clapback at Ye’s vile posts.
“What happens when a snowman throws a tantrum? He has a meltdown,” Tina, 71, quipped.
“Corny joke, time!” she began her caption.
“It’s hard to remain positive and classy in the face of ignorance and evil. But I know that no weapon formed against me or my family shall prosper. This battle is not mine, but the Lord’s, I know that God has got this,” she added in a since-deleted excerpt of the post.
No stranger to public controversy, Ye has been more embattled than ever lately: from selling Swastika T-shirts and launching antisemitic tirades to accusing his ex-wife Kim Kardashian of running a sex-trafficking ring involving their children.
And though he deleted his original post on X about Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s children, he later reposted it, noting that he didn’t remove it to be “a good person.”
“I need everyone to know that I took the post about Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s family down … because there was a possibility of my Twitter being cancelled [sic],” he wrote on Wednesday.
After making a series of new antisemitic comments on X later that day, Ye turned his attention back to the “99 Problems” rapper, 55, and the “Texas Hold ‘Em” singer, 43.
“I LOVE JAY Z AND I DO FEEL BAD,” the Yeezy founder began, seemingly walking back his prior attacks. “I ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE BLACK SHEEP LIKE I WANTED FAMILY IN THIS MUSIC S[—]T[.]
“I’D RUN ON STAGES THINKING I WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING AND WOULD ALWAYS BE A SLIGHT HOV NOT COMING TO MY FIRST WEDDING,” he added, possibly alluding to his storming onstage and stealing the mike from Taylor Swift at the 2009 VMAs. The statement also referred to how Jay-Z, who sometimes goes by HOV, short for HOVA, didn’t attend Ye’s wedding to Kardashian, 44.
Continuing to write about Jay-Z, Kanye posted, “HIM PUTTING KENDRICK ON THE SUPERBOWL OVER ME OR EVEN US NEVER BEING INVITED TO S[—]T TAKING [sic] JABS ABOUT MY RED HAT ON DONDA.”
Jay-Z signed a partnership with the NFL in 2019 to produce the Super Bowl halftimes. The Roc Nation founder tapped Kendrick Lamar to perform at the 2025 show. Jay-Z has also been critical of Kanye’s past support of Donald Trump, who has become synonymous with his red “Make America Great Again” hats that Ye has famously and controversially worn.
“I FELT LIKE BOTH HIM AND HIS WIFE COULD HAVE HELPED ME HAVE MORE LEVERAGE WITH MY KIDS,” Ye went on. “THEY COULD HAVE USED THEIR CULTURAL POSITION TO NOT JUST WATCH THE KARDASHIANS RUN ME OVER.
“S[—]T HURTS SO F[—]K BOTH OF THEM CAUSE WHEN I NEEDED THEM IT WAS F[—]K ME,” he concluded.
