“Yo, Kanye’s here!” Of course, Coachella isn’t complete without high-profile party crashers, and Mr. West helped the 2016 iteration of Coachella kick off accordingly on Friday with not one but two surprise appearances during the opening of the California desert music festival.
West joined A$AP Rocky on stage on Friday to perform Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1 from Kanye’s The Life of Pablo album, but things didn’t go as planned. Kanye’s mic was a problem from the start, cutting his vocal 10 words into the track. Ye rapped on, unaware, but eventually, the sound was cut entirely due to A$AP overreaching his allotted time slot.
A few hours later, Kanye took to the stage again in a very Kanye way. During the set from Skrillex and Diplo’s supergroup, Jack U, Diplo announced West’s arrival, driving fans wild during the track “Power”. But Kanye just stood there onstage, soaking up the crowd’s adoration, with no effort to perform at all. Then he exited the stage.
With that cameo sunshine out of the way, Coachella continues today in Indio, CA with Guns n Roses, Run The Jewels, Gary Clark Jr, Cold War Kids, Sia, Deafheaven and more slated for Saturday and Sunday.
