North West Performs First Solo Music Festival at Summer Smash 2026

North West reached a new milestone in her budding music career, delivering her first solo set at a music festival.

On Friday (June 12), the 12-year-old daughter of Ye (formerly Kanye West) and Kim Kardashian took the stage at Lyrical Lemonade’s Summer Smash 2026 in Chicago.

Dressed in a black Balenciaga ensemble, dark sunglasses, spiky jewelry and long blue pigtails, North performed her 2024 collaboration with Ye, “TALKING,” from his album Vultures 1.

The young rapper-producer’s proud parents both celebrated the moment on social media. Ye reposted a clip of the early evening performance…