Is Kanye West and JAY-Z's Feud Officially Over? It Sure Seems Like It

News broke that Kim and Kanye hired a surrogate to carry their third child just a week after Beyoncé and JAY-Z welcomed their twin babies. Naturally, fans weren't too pleased with the timing of the news given the fact that the twins were still in the hospital being treated for jaundice and the internet was still reeling over their birth.

Kanye left the company, which JAY acquired and relaunched in 2015, over a money dispute and Tidal threatened to sue him. Kanye believes the music streaming service owes him "more than $3 million" in fees and his lawyers sent Tidal a letter declaring the contract was terminated after a failed negotiation between both parties. TMZ also reported that Tidal sent Kanye a letter stating that he is still under an exclusive contract with the streaming service and will be sued if he takes his music elsewhere. According to the report, Tidal is arguing that Kanye failed to produce the contracted music videos, so therefore he is not eligible to a payout.

During a rare interview with hip-hop journalist Elliott Wilson, the rapper revealed the reason behind his feud with Kanye, saying, "What really hurt me was, you can't bring my kids and my wife into it. Kanye's my little brother. He's talked about me a hundred times. He made a song called 'Big Brother.' We've gotten past bigger issues. But you brought my family into it and now it's a problem with me. Now, it's a real, real problem."

JAY-Z also said that he knows Kanye is aware he messed up. "He knows it's a problem because me and him would have been talked about it, we would have been resolved our issue, but he knows he crossed the line. I know him. He knows. Not only does he have to know, I know he knows because we never let this much space go between one of our disagreements and we've had many. That's part of who we are. That's what I like about him. He's an honest person. He's open and he'll say things and he's wrong a lot of times but we'll confront it."

When referencing Kanye's now-infamous concert rant, JAY-Z added, "Don't talk about anyone's kid on stage. It's too much energy. You give room for anybody to comment. Our children are already in this place where they are affected by our celebrity. Don't go doing something that allows people to pit us against each other and talk about my child or even his child. Don't do that."

Kanye West reportedly reached out to JAY-Z to make amends. Kanye allegedly wanted to meet in person with the 4:44 rapper to discuss their feud and hash things out, however, it's unclear if the meeting ever happened.

In September 2018, Kanye shared a now-deleted photo of Beyoncé and JAY-Z on Instagram, captioning it, "famleeeeee." Many fans believed the rapper posted it because it looked like Beyoncé was wearing Yeezy shoes, but upon closer inspection, the shoes are actually from a brand called Public Desire.

Kanye and JAY continued to show a united front as they were photographed hanging out at Diddy's 50th birthday party. Kim and Beyoncé were also in attendance, though there are no official photos of all of them together.

Kanye took fans by surprise during his Donda album listening party in Atlanta when his song "Guess Who's Going to Jail Tonight?" played, and it featured none other than JAY. Even though JAY wasn't in attendance, his verse made it clear where he and Kanye stand today. "This might be the return of the throne," he rapped. "Hova and Yeezus, like Moses and Jesus." The lyrical reunion marked the pair's first time collaborating in five years, and it's rumoured that JAY recorded his verse just hours before the event.